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Umbos  ·  3424 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What does it mean to be human ?

To be human is to seek something beyond your own survival. Humans are defined by their high level of intelligence--this intelligence is what separates us from other animals. This intelligence means that we are aware of certain things, like death, which drive our creative enterprises.

Recognising our own mortality, we strive to achieve something that will last beyond ourselves. To transcend death. To be human is to be transhuman.