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 #cyber #cyborg 
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+THE CENT R AL INSTITUTE
+OF LABOU R ( CIT )
+The Central Institute of Labour (Tsentralny Institut Truda – CIT) was founded
+by Alexey Gastev in Moscow in 1920 and supported by Lenin.
+
+In his institute, Gastev investigated the functions of certain operational com-
+plexes that encompass both worker and machine in a single, unbroken chain:
+»These machine-human complexes also produce the synthesis between bi-
+ology and engineering that we are constantly cultivating. And the integrated,
+calculated incorporation of determinate human masses into a system of
+mechanisms will be nothing other than social engineering.«
+
+According to CIT methodology, every physical motion of cadets was precisely
+planned and assessed so that by the end of training, full automatism could
+be achieved. The human body was to become a machine. Gastev declared:
+»We start from the most primitive, the most elementary movements and pro-
+duce the mechanization of man himself […] The perfect mastery of a given
+movement implies the maximum degree of automaticity. If this maximum
+increases […] nervous energy would be freed for new initiating stimuli, and
+the power of an individual would grow indefinitely.«
+
+CIT was an unusual institution that was frequented by fanatical old inven-
+tors and fascinated teenagers alike. Alongside the physiological laboratory,
+there were labs for sensorics, psychotechnics and education. A variety of
+multimedia tools and interactive gadgets were devised, including instruments
+for photography and film, systems for monitoring musical performances and
+instructorless simulation apparatus for cars and planes. It was scientific
+research with an interdisciplinary and broad-ranging agenda.
+
+In the mid-1920s, one of the CIT departments was Solomon Nikritin’s Pro-
+jection Theatre, a testing ground for the development of the ideal »Man of
+the Future.« In 1928, Gastev organized the Ustanovka (Setup) joint-stock
+company, which audited the work of industrial enterprises and provided
+recommendations on the efficient organization of their work processes on
+a commercial basis, which led to complete financial independence of CIT
+from the state. Although by the late 1930s, CIT had produced over 500,000
+qualified workers in 200 professions and 20,000 industrial trainers in 1,700
+educational centres, the totalitarian State was not interested in the creation
+of a network of socially engineered Cyborgs with liberated minds. In 1938,
+the institute was finally closed.