Becoming Human

An emergent property

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Being human is not automatic. Not simply sourced in the assemblage of genetic material we each possess, but in the complexities of culture adaptation, both social and biological. We carry our culture, our language, and our resultant prejudices to every encounter we have with others. Usually, our awareness is focused on our ego as the creator of our experience and we act towards others as objects of our…