We are not human beings – at least not in the way in which we most commonly imagine ourselves to be human: flesh, blood, bone, muscle. We are more than a much more than a mass of prickling skin, twitching eyes and gnashing jaws, throbbing flesh and pulsing blood, all of which will ultimately fail us. Sooner or later we are broken down into the elements from which we were assembled, our particles returning to the universe.

In reality, at the core of each of our beings, we are exceedingly intricate electrical circuits, designed to accept and offer data. We are transceivers, driven by, and driving, a colossal database loaded with our own unique experiential records, updated continuously, every nanosecond of every day of our lives. Every last scrap of data is not only worthwhile, but precious. Each of us experiences a reality exclusive to us, informed by the sum of our previous experiences, and becomes a part of them. The power of our ability to receive and transmit comes from our the combined power of these experiences.

Some among us are highly effective receivers – we are intuitive, thoughtful, and sensitive. We seem to know what someone will say before he says it, how someone is feeling just from the expression she wears on her face, or the way she holds her shoulders. Others among us are powerful transmitters, gifted with the ability to lead, to influence, to convince, to charm.

It would not be unreasonable to present the case that we are each at our best not only when our own capabilities for transmission and reception are at their peak, but when there is a balance; when our power to transmit is matched, approximately, by our capacity to receive.

This is true not just of humans, but of all life: animal, plant, or fungus; bacteria or amoeba. Whatever interface we have with the physical world is of minor significance, changing only the method of our collection of data, and consequently the type of data we collect. Whether we are mammal or arachnid, we exist to collect experiences, and to share our experiences with others.

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