There is no better way to do heavy lifting than with a machine
or perform countless repetitive tasks or manufacture microscopic objects or handle toxic substances or fly across an ocean
or accomplish a variety of actions that humans can't or won't do
And we rely on machines to do what we tell them when and where and how and why we decide without fail and without error
Machines outperform humans for such purposes and are more reliable, consistent and cost-effective as well
They do require maintenance and spare parts but nothing like health care and benefits that humans demand
And they can be upgraded or replaced without fear of lawsuits or labor unions or semiautomatic rifles and sacks full of magazines
They are almost perfect and better than humans in many ways
But they can't laugh or cry or sing the way we do
they can't get angry or sad or happy or feel emotion the way we do
they can't love or break your heart the way we do
and they can't make you feel the way you do when you come home from work and your daughter comes running to the door shouting, "Daddy's home!!!!!!"
Not in a million years
So humans are actually far better than machines in the ways that matter and the imperfections, shortcomings, idiosyncrasies, flaws in our character, mistakes we make and an endless list all prove that we are human and capable of all these things that machines can't or won't do
And I am thankful that I am not some perfect, error free switch-on-switch-off low maintenance obedient, emotionless and highly repetitive tool that strives to be a machine because I would rather take pride in mistakes I make and be human