Made Human — A Choice

Being human was once a given. It was the water we swam in, the condition we didn’t question. Now it’s becoming a choice.

Why? Because new options are emerging. We can choose to live mediated almost entirely by screens. We can let AI draft our words, filter our faces, guide our decisions. We can slip into the frictionless ease of automation and let it stand in for presence. Or we can choose the slower, harder, more vulnerable path of staying human.

Because as technology strips away friction, as AI offers speed and precision, the human parts, our slowness, our contradictions, our vulnerability, become easier to skip.

But friction is what forges us.

Contradiction is what deepens us.

Vulnerability is what connects us.

Maybe Made Human is not just a process we inherit but a practice we choose.

A reminder that we are being made by what we attend to and how we show up. To stay with the hard moments. To listen when it’s inconvenient. To repair when it would be easier to walk away.

So the question isn’t "What makes us human?"

but rather "What does being human mean to me—and how can I offer more of my humanity to others?"