Rocky IV is not only a film about the Cold War; it's a film about robots:  Drago (the robotic human) and SICO (the humanoid robot), and also Rocky himself, who must disavow his dependence on technology to assert an idea of himself as humanity's last hope against cyborg-ization.  Read more essays on living with technology at https://reallifemag.com and follow us on Twitter @_reallifemag.