Are we all one and the same? (Central Austin)
About the event
From the ancient Greek concept of *Anthropos* — the idea of humanity as a single, unified being is — to modern biology's revelation that we share nearly identical genetic blueprints, I would pose the question is are we really just one and the same?
• If you had been born into someone else's body\, family\, and circumstances\, would you not simply be them? And if so\, are any of us truly unique or just a product of conditions we never chose?
• Does our desire to feel different from one another prove that we are not the same — or does the fact that we all share that same desire suggest that we are?
• Are different cultures simply variations of the same human condition (identity\, belonging\, etc)?
• If we are all one and the same\, how do we explain the existence of cruelty? Would someone who truly felt their oneness with others be capable of causing harm?
• Does arguing that we are all the same risk erasing the very real pain of those whose differences: race\, disability\, trauma have been used against them?
• Why do cultures and societies that never meet each other independently develop the same concepts such as love\, justice\, and grief.
• If we accepted that we are all one\, how would that change the way we treat each other — and why don't we already live that way?
