âDonna J. Haraway has argued, arrestingly, that we have never been human; that only ten percent of the cells in the body are occupied by human genomes, the rest by bacteria, fungi and other microorganisms; and that this symbiosis is to be celebrated, not feared: âI am vastly outnumbered by my tiny companions; better put, I become an adult human being in company with these tiny messmates. To be one is always to become with many. [âĻ] I love that when âIâ die, all these benign and dangerous symbionts will take over and use whatever is left of âmyâ body, if only for a while.â - Donna Harawayâ
â commentary by William Stephenson












