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== Themes ==

=== Human augmentation ===

'''Mechanical augmentation'''

'''Nanotechnological augmentation'''

The '''Omar''', an explicitly [[posthumanism|posthumanist]] faction in <i>Invisible War</i>, further develops nano-augmentation in pursuit of both a [[hive mind]] and extreme environmental resilience.  Their name, Russian for "[[lobster]]", references a concept in [[Bruce Sterling]]'s <i>Shaper/Mechanist</i> universe:  an externally synthetic but internally human entity, inverting the cyborg as externally human with synthetic internals.

A substantially less visible third type, '''Physiopharmaceutical augmentation''', is also present in <i>Deus Ex</i> and <i>Invisible War</i>, reliant on psychological conditioning and [[Nootropics|drugs]] to enhance a subject's loyalty, pain tolerance, and physical capabilities.<ref name="physiopharmaceutical-augs">[https://deusex.fandom.com/wiki/Physiopharmaceutical_augmentation Physiopharmaceutical augmentation] - Deus Ex Wiki</ref>



=== Artificial intelligence ===

=== Political Philosophy ===

Numerous overt and implicit references are made to political philosophy throughout the series.

The Morpheus AI in <i>Deus Ex</i> likens the social functions of [[surveillance]] with divine judgement, noting human desire to be seen and participate in larger groups.<ref name="youtube-morpheus-conversation">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b-bijO3uEw Morpheus Conversation] on YouTube</ref>  This is extrapolated further in <i>Invisible War</i>, when JC Denton/Helios explains his plan for a just and desirable [[singleton]] world government, directly quoting <i>Democracy in America</i> by Alexis de Tocqueville and citing his conceptualization of an all-knowing "mind of God" as an ideal administrator, thoroughly knowledgeable of all circumstances and incapable of generalized approximations of justice.<ref name="youtube-jc-dentons-plan">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBeoreJr4Yc JC Denton's Plan] on YouTube</ref>

=== Conspiracy theories ===