Identity describes every entity except humans.

We became articulate in segmenting entities in this universe to help explain their identifications and roles, but our identity is not measurable to that extent. Identity has succumbed in history to revolve around three main things: Who and how we define ourselves, accomplishments, and our epigenetics. The more we try to section what we think represents who we are, the likelihood to isolate ourselves in these categories.

Obtaining liberation today means we can have an enlarged scope of who we are; and the beliefs that fall under them. We then start to use adjectives that best represent these values such as Queer, Muslim, caregiver, Saudi, or democrat; giving initial insight to others who are unfamiliar of us. Unfortunately, this develops into “bad” and “good” constituents. We start to further dismantle its purpose in the first place. A reason why cultures excel significantly is because we group different people of similar beliefs or customs to celebrate that one role, regardless of the adjectives associated with it.

Another identifier is a person’s accomplishments . Einstein, Picasso, and Curie are great examples. Their names echo in classes worldwide; but can we say today that we know their true identity? Hard to say we do. One of the most appealing factors about achievements is its stagnancy in time, yet it becomes an unchangeable mark that doesn’t give us much apprehension outside of the attained achievement.

If we look at the finer details of identity; we must talk about epigenetics. Epigenetics is the study of how our habits and the external environment affect the function of our genes. This is relevant to every species yet especially in our case. Genomes teaches us that we are at a constant rate of change and mutation. Even in genetics we can say, identity is the weight of the word (genomes) and the habits it carries.

That’s why identity is the only word in our language that can’t accurately describe human entities. To be human is to have so many diversifying factors, that you never truly fit under the right category. To be human is to never be mentioned in singularity and still be accurate, thus obtaining an identity is an unattainable classification.

Identity is a fickle and impatient correspondent. Wanting to know details about ourselves is sometimes beyond our control. Situations set in our path align in a time segmented reality no one is in control of. Shifted habits, thoughts, roles, pilgrimage, and emotions always challenge who we think we are. That’s why the best teacher of the future is the history of everything we have experienced and the ingenuity of never putting it together accurately.