Being Superhuman and Being Nothing

People know instinctively that they should be something - but are in fact, nothing. And this bothers them. 

But this does not explain what I mean when, I say they are superhuman, or think they are superhuman. This attitude was acquired late in the 19th Century, as part of the Industrial Revolution. And was even formulated explicitly as the Ubermensch (or Superman) by Nietzsche.

People became greatly affected by their machines - and became like them, themselves. This was not good, for the part of them that remained human.

This brings up another subject - thinking and learning. It is the function of the human mind to think, and to learn - and always has been, until recently. When a strong reaction to this has set in - leading to not thinking, and not learning - by most people.

The rest of us, can do little about this, but carefully keep out of it, ourselves.