The discussion in class really made me think about artifacts and what measure they can be defined by. I tend to think of artifacts as historical objects which are both created by and indicative of culture at a certain time period. Thinking of people as artifacts was interesting because that is really exactly what people are. Mostly, they are products of their environment. Meeting a child can tell you more about his parents than a painted vase could tell you about Sumer.
If we make our children into artifacts of ourselves, then many things are artifacts. We alter the very water we drink, the genetics of plants and animals, every aspect of our environment. We've changed the world to suit us like breaking in a mattress.
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