human

What does it mean to be human? There are various aspects of being human that makes us human. One of the things that make a human is our superior intelligence to other living creatures. Some people even question that we are the most intelligent creatures on earth. We are slowly destroying the planet we live in by draining its resources and polluting it. Another thing that I think makes us human is that we question critical reasoning. Instead of just letting things be we question why certain things happen which gives us a greater knowledge of things such as sciences and mathematics. Some people I believe take being human for granted going their whole lives being told what to do instead doing what they love and contributing what they love to do to society.

Some people question whether human beings are naturally bad and self absorbed or good and caring for others. I believe that a majority of humans are good from my experiences in life. There are people who are self absorbed and don't care about others but the majority of people I believe are good and would rather help someone else than themselves. Some examples of this are the Boston bombings, after the bombings happened people came together to help the victims that were injured and the rest of the United States supported Boston after this tragic event occurred.

Art helps people express themselves and issues  in our society. Art in some instances can be more powerful than anything else in relaying a message to someone or even society. I believe that art in some instances takes us away from our boring lives and gives us something to really think about at times. Art can relay a message better than words can sometimes and makes us really think about something we might not have before.

As hard as we try I don't think we will be able to achieve our full humanity. As long as humanity is here there will always be things to improve upon it. We will never be able achieve full humanity that would mean peace between all nations in the world and that's nearly impossible because of the religious differences and cultures between societies in the world.

"Our instance on cognitive knowing may already have robbed us of some of our capacity for being human". I believe this is true because the more we get into advancements in science and technology, the more we are straying from what it really meant. People are more materialistic than they have ever been in history. This also might be a sign that humanity is evolving as well though. We might just be changing into a more technological society. Most of these technological advancements aren't making us better human being or more productive in our lives. We would be able to live perfectly fine without all this technology today but some people think that it is a necessity to have. Some of this new technology also interrupts how the brains been working for thousands of years as well because most of the time instead of having a conversation face to face a lot of our conversations are done over texts or facebook. This might be the sign of a changing society or just straying off from being human in general.