Haraway expresses a preference for an identity rooted in technology—a cyborg—over one based on traditional notions of innocence or purity often symbolized by the goddess.

She urges society to abandon fantasies of an untainted origin and instead embrace the fragmented, partial identities of our reality. The cyborg accepts the blend of human and machine, finding both pleasure and power in the breakdown of boundaries.

Haraway challenges us to let go of the "indulgence of guilt" and "naiveté of innocence" and to focus on regeneration—a forward-facing, transformative way of being.