Resistance is futile: the borg, the hive, and corporate hegemony

Steve Coulter

 

Reviewer A:

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This article clearly articulates the foundations of alienation of value from Adam Seeing how corporations are like the Borg of the Star Trek universe is illuminating. This article makes a wonderful start in using this metaphor to understand the role of corporations in our current political economy. It would be stronger if it deepens the analysis in several areas.

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As another reviewer noted, the article should differentiate between various categories and types of cyborg corporations. After all, a notable feature of the cyborgization is the wide range of cyborgs it produces.

Recommendation: Revisions Required

 

Reviewer B:

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Me ha resultado un artículo muy sugerente y original en su hipótesis básica (equiparar las corporaciones a los superorganismos biológicos). Asimismo, es un texto que se encuentra muy bien escrito mezclando referencias a la idea de corporación global moderna con aportaciones de la zoología, la sociobiología, la ciencia ficción, etc. No siempre esa articulación se consigue hacer fluida y en este caso es un texto ameno y sugerente.

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Hay una serie de términos que yo personalmente explicaría, definiría o aclararía en el texto y que no me parecen de conocimiento habitual: antropoceno, la serie Star Trek y sus personajes, hipérbole poética, términos de biología, eusociality, etc. Es cierto que algunos se definen o tratan en el texto pero me parece que no todos y que se hace de forma algo rápida en ocasiones.

Recommendation: Accept Submission

 

Reviewer C:

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Review APA style for in-text citation, following (Kratz & Siegfried, 2010, Chapter 2). We recommend indirect quotation. If direct quotation is used, page rage must be incorporated instead of Cahpter 2.

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Recommendation: See Comments

 

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