A big part of what makes us human has more or less always been our interactions with technology. We’ve already been through several tectonic shifts in our “humanness” driven by tech disruption. Anthropology often delineates eras based on the tools used and I think that most of us wouldn’t feel like cave people were as human as we are. Maybe similar but still a different category of human. I can’t help but wonder if future humans will simply be our creations who have become conscious and escaped these shells we live in but continue to carry on the essence of humanity and the thirst to understand and model the world around us.
A big part of what makes us human has more or less always been our interactions with technology. We’ve already been through several tectonic shifts in our “humanness” driven by tech disruption. Anthropology often delineates eras based on the tools used and I think that most of us wouldn’t feel like cave people were as human as we are. Maybe similar but still a different category of human. I can’t help but wonder if future humans will simply be our creations who have become conscious and escaped these shells we live in but continue to carry on the essence of humanity and the thirst to understand and model the world around us.