There are a number of attributes that go into making a human being human and even more that go into making that human a legal person, but the absolute sine qua non of humanity is that humans use technology to deal with reality. It is not just a role such as homo factorem, but an essential and defining attribute. Whether a hammer or a microscope, humans have a technological interface with all reality.
Civilization is no more than technological culture but it goes someplace. It moves humankind to the Light of health, sanity, and peace. What describes the wars of the last century better than a failure of culture to contain new and powerful technology? A failure of civilization? A consensus certainty. So, we build a better technological culture that can contain all our new machine friends and humans do consider technology friendly somewhere in their cells. We rebuild our civilization and continue to move to the Light which is always over our heads so we can read a book.
That is truly Man's Fate, to be a technologist, to be civilized, to move out of Darkness and into Light. It is our Way.
Do Well and Be Well.
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