No two faces are identical.
Ever.
No two sets of fingerprints are identical.
Ever.
No two pairs of eyes are identical.
Ever.
Have you ever wondered about that? Maybe when you are at a Border Control in an airport, or maybe when you are looking for someone you know in a crowd?
Not only is every single one of us in the world unique, but we are unique in the time dimension too. There has never, ever, been someone with an identical face, identical eyes, and identical fingerprints to you. And there never, ever, will be in the future either.
Human beings are not clones. We are not units of production. Not physically, and certainly not narratively (is there such a word? We each have a unique story to tell….the story which says who we are, what we experience and what sense we make of it all)
Difference is one of our essential characteristics.
Might that be important?
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