All this was actually pretty common in East and West up to the 70s - only then did a return to more dogmatism in the East, and more religiousness and "nature loving" or political correctness in the West end this development.
Yeah, the Baby Boomers did put an end to the GI generation's machine exploration. However the Silent generation egged them on by making those horribly anti-transhumanist science fiction movies and television shows like The Twilight Zone--The Brain Center at Whipple's only being one of MANY examples of anti-transhumanist thought within that show.
The Lonely - "Get out of here. I don't need a machine."
The After Hours - "That's right, I'm a manequinn"
The Mighty Casey - "I made Casey, he's a robot"
A Thing about Machines - "You, you machines!"
The Lateness of the Hour - "I'm not your daughter... I'm a machine!"
The Trade-Ins - "But these two senior citizens happen to live in a time of the future where nothing is impossible, even the trading of old bodies for new."
I Sing the Body Electric - "And one day, if I happen to live long enough, I'll be given the greatest gift of all, life"
In His Image - "In a way, it can be said that Walter Ryder succeeded in his life's ambition, even though the man he created was, after all, himself."
Steel - "My Fighter needs a lube job"
The Old Man in the Cave - "This was your old man, your dictator, a computer!"
Uncle Simon - "Bar-ba-ra, help me!"
From Agnes--With Love - "But you're a machine, you can't experience love or emotions!"
The Brain Center at Whipple's - "It isn't fair, Hanley! It isn't fair the way they...
diminish us."
~Chas'88