I am human. So far. I was born one and have stayed one. To stay human you need the following: (answers question, How to Stay Human in a world gone mad with machines
- A good sense of fairydom. Knowing of fairies but not being friends of fairies means that your imagination is keen. The creation of concepts, scenarios, and reveling in them, like secret pieces of candy, will set you apart from the current hullabaloo of machinery buzzing about you.
- Fear. Ah, Fear. Delightful fear. Friend, fear. Doom dispels the need to contort onself, with no real feasible action required. Human can rest assured that any action at this point of emotion can go in many directions. No directive is safe. But it is human.
- Desire. A desire for fear and fairydom. Wanting something so badly that you are willing to plead a desperate case. Pleading with word, thought and deed. More contorting than fear. Thinking things through, like a robot, but with an added twist. Well, an actual twist, of your body, clenched jaw, stiff muscles, shivering. Seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Just short of death. This is human.