Nathaniel S. Borenstein

A computer scientist, entrepreneur, and lifelong activist best known as the architect of MIME — the standard that transformed the internet from a text-only medium into the multimedia infrastructure the world relies on today. Over a 50-year career, he co-founded the first operational internet payment system, served as an IBM Distinguished Engineer and Chief Scientist at Mimecast, and taught at Carnegie Mellon, Grinnell, and the University of Michigan.

An equally devoted student of comparative religion, Borenstein has spent his life at the intersection of technology and moral philosophy. In 2020, a cardiac defibrillator implanted in his chest made him a cyborg in the most literal sense — and a subsequent medical breakthrough gave him a second chance to share what five decades near the center of the Information Revolution had taught him.

The Spirit of a Cyborg is the result.

Find out more about Nathaniel at The Hopeful Cyborg