Stories About Our Delightful Humanness in the Age of AI
We are living through one of the most disorienting shifts in human history. Artificial intelligence is moving fast — faster, it sometimes feels, than our ability to make sense of what it means for how we work, create, connect, and find meaning. In moments like these, it’s tempting to either dismiss the change or surrender to it. But there is a third option: to look more carefully at what makes us irreducibly, magnificently human!
Historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari offered a simple but profound compass for navigating this moment:
“Give equal importance to your head, your heart, and your hands. It is in the combination of these three that humans still have a large advantage over AI.”
Three words. Three dimensions of a life fully lived.
Separately, each is remarkable. Together, they describe something no algorithm can replicate: a whole human being, fully present and fully engaged.
This blog post is a collection of stories gathered in that spirit. They are not stories about resisting AI, or about competing with it. They are stories about what happens when people lean into all three — when a thinker also builds, when a maker also feels, when a feeling person also asks hard questions. They are reminders, in a noisy time, of where our real richness lives.
Welcome to the best parts of being human.
Your Head:
Our capacity for curiosity, critical thinking, and making meaning from complexity. These stories help us connect with that!
The Sleepless Cat
Ben Thompson, clever cat, can’t fall asleep. A sleepwalking friend helps.
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All the Pretty Voices
Martin wakes up thinking about how different voices make him feel. This exploration continues at Wilderness School when they listen to the different…
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An Inner Compass
When Martin hears about an upcoming science fair, his insecurities get the best of him. A conversation with Momma about the ways scientists…
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Your Heart:
Our ability to love, grieve, empathize, and be genuinely moved by one another.
Cupid’s Little Brother
One difference between Cupid and his brother, Eris, changed the course of “love” forever…
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On Clouds and Hard Places
Libby switches from being on a cloud to being in a hard place. Luckily, Juan Paco and his father understand and they are…
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Your Hands
The maker’s instinct, the craftsperson’s care, the satisfaction of shaping something real in the physical world.
Our Own Town
Martin & Sylvia come up with their own ideas for remodeling the town hall and library using a clay model.
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Part Six: Nanni’s Story
Nanni tells a story about how she used to go along with her father, a veterinarian, and sing to the horses while he…
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Grandfather and the Green Ash Tree Elf
When the green ash tree is dying, Grandfather remembers when another tree was dying and how he called the help of the fairies.
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About the authors
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Ann Boyd
Literary Editor and Continuity DirectorAnn is a writer, editor, homeschooling mother, voracious reader, full-fat baker, and musician. She lives in Chicago with her husband and two daughters and chronicles the journey at Boyds’ Nest News.
