“Now a truth,” said the judge. “The main business of humanity is to do a good job of being human beings,” said Paul, “not to serve as appendages to machines, institutions, and systems.”

– Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano

We’re here to do human things: create for each other, love our friends and family, support our communities, experience and protect our world.

A life serving only algorithms wrought by corporations¹, engaged with organizations that care more about themselves than their people, or partaking in eco-cultural regimes that disregard our humanity are not worth pursuing.