Not all of us can say, with any degree of certainty, that we have always been human, or that we are only that. The post human condition introduces a qualitative shift in our thinking about what exactly is the basic unit of common reference for our species, our polity and our relationship to the other inhabitants of this planet and perhaps other planets. This issue raises serious questions as to the very structures of our shared identity - as humans - amidst the complexity of contemporary science, politics and international relations. Discourses and representations of the non-human, anti-human , the inhumane and the posthuman proliferate and overlap in our globalized, technology mediated societies.
Who am I? I am learned.
The one instinct that has defined and empowered us as a superior species, the upright walk, is instinctively imprinted in us, as you see with babies already stepping and kicking in the air, training for walking. To prepare for alternative realities beyond the gravitational forces of Earth, we must first condition our body to walk. Through the control of a machine, the body learns and adapts.
(2019)