Something Creeping
Anima Series 6
Lismore NSW Australia 2022
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US AND THEM
Right at this peculiar point in time, it might be useful to consider our humanity and what distinguishes us from the things we make.
Both the tools we create to assist us and the tools with which we express ourselves are integrated into our lives and yet …………. they’re not us.
We don’t confuse ourselves with a cordless drill or laptop, we don’t identify as a subway train or wheelbarrow – at least not while anyone’s looking!
The things we make reflect, echo, reveal, convey our humanity, but our humanity is commonly experienced as something integral to our being, something soulful that resides ‘in’ us.
I’m not going to attempt to define humanity, because there’s no single description or experience that holds true for all people all the time.
However, sorting out this subject in our own head and having a notion what each of us individually values about our humanity, might be useful before we start encountering artificial humans for the first time.
It may prove very practical to consider what identifies us from them.
Something Creeping
Anima Series 6
Lismore NSW Australia 2022
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US AND THEM
Right at this peculiar point in time, it might be useful to consider our humanity and what distinguishes us from the things we make.
Both the tools we create to assist us and the tools with which we express ourselves are integrated into our lives and yet …………. they’re not us.
We don’t confuse ourselves with a cordless drill or laptop, we don’t identify as a subway train or wheelbarrow – at least not while anyone’s looking!
The things we make reflect, echo, reveal, convey our humanity, but our humanity is commonly experienced as something integral to our being, something soulful that resides ‘in’ us.
I’m not going to attempt to define humanity, because there’s no single description or experience that holds true for all people all the time.
However, sorting out this subject in our own head and having a notion what each of us individually values about our humanity, might be useful before we start encountering artificial humans for the first time.
It may prove very practical to consider what identifies us from them.