Technology externalizes human things — can we become irreducibly human?
clarejtbirch · x · 2026-09-30
A philosophical thread arguing that many technologies are about externalizing some human thing, and asking what grows in the space that opens up. "Being human seems to be an unfinished activity," the author writes, wondering whether we can become "irreducibly human" after externalizing parts of ourselves — a reflective take on humanity in the age of AI.
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