What it means to be human

For most living things, “what it means” to be that living thing is simply to survive long enough to reproduce. At one point, finding food, shelter, and protecting from predators was the human’s primary focus as well. Obviously, after thousands of years of settling down, we don’t need to pay much attention to that, as it is already provided for us. We have technology to thank for that. Even an invention as simple as the sickle, the plow, or the yoke changed human life such that settling down in one place was favored over foraging or hunting for food. And today, that process has become even more streamlined, with the addition of tractors, machines, computers, etc. It is streamlined to the point where a small fraction of our population can provide the food for the entire rest. Meanwhile, the rest of our population can now spend our hours doing something other than creating food and shelter. In today’s day and age, much of us spend our days on computers. What a drastic shift from only about 1000 years ago! It’s remarkable how much civilization has changed over the last, even 200 years, since electricity has been in everyone’s houses. I, and I’m sure many others, can’t even imagine being human without electricity in their life. I (and others) have this strange state of not being grounded whenever I don’t know where my cell phone is. Quite obviously, not a single person had that feeling 50 years ago.

Us humans are good at adapting to our environment. Currently, my environment is throwing at me cell phones, computers, and a relatively easy life on campus where I can use my mind instead of my body to survive on Earth.

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