Oh the Humanity

I am no longer using the term, "Human". Several years ago I conducted a survey amongst many of my contemporaries as to the feelings they get when hearing, "Human". Several people replied back that they felt like it is antiquated and they felt ill when hearing it. I have been chastised from many pulpits as have many of my friends who still use this term. I realize that in order to keep the peace that today will be the beginning of the end for me using the term. I came to this conclusion after conducting a survey on my website that asked if we should still use the term. 60% of people who visit my website said that we need to stop using it. Grant it, 60% are about 3 people including my mom, me, and a guy that thought he was a character from Star Wars, but nevertheless the survey speaks for itself. For me, I will keep doing what I am doing and let people label me if they want. It just needs to be known that I will not use it any more. Oh and by the way, because I am not using the term it means that it is dead. I just decided this so that's what just happened.

Human lived a good life and served a lot of good while it lasted. We, who originally started using the term, have come to many different conclusions about using the term human. Jony Tones said in his book that, "In order to be a human, you must wear a hat." I am not sure where he wrote that in his book being that I never read it, but I am sure it is in there and I don't always wear a hat so I must not be a human. There have been a lot of good people who will still use the term, but they are old school and should probably reconsider. Also, a few of us are starting our own group that is going to distinguish itself from those who still use the term human, but don't worry. We are all in this together and are still working alongside each other; it is just that we are more correct in our views and probably are more relevant.

Now that we are embarking on a new journey that is post-human, we can look to the future and look down on those who use the term human. It is so freeing to be post-human and to not use labels. By the way, our new network will be called Post-Human so if you are feeling like you are sick of labels that mark you as human, come and share in a new network as a post-human. See you in the blogosphere!