The Importance of Being Human

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There's a lot of theory that emerged in the 20th century that very much idolized or set the idea that human beings were able to make these rational decisions as if we were machines. So I think I almost feel like, you know, as you were saying this, what crossed my mind was the thought, we have to remember that we are human. And being human, we are multi-purpose machines.

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