Are Humans Evolving Beyond Instinct — or Only Escaping It?

[Raphaël]

Throughout history, human behavior has been shaped by two primal forces:
the instinct to survive and the instinct to reproduce.
Every species on earth follows these impulses with astonishing consistency.

Except us.

Humans are the only creatures capable of ignoring, postponing, or even rewriting their instincts.
We resist survival for the sake of meaning.
We delay reproduction in pursuit of identity, ambition, or self-expression.
We willingly walk into emotional storms, even when instinct tells us to seek shelter.

So a question arises:

If pre-human evolution was shaped by instinct,
what shapes human evolution now?

— Are we evolving toward beings who survive through meaning rather than biology?
— Are we becoming creatures defined not by instinct, but by consciousness, story, and choice?
— Or are we simply drifting away from our natural design, with no clear direction?

And how does this affect the way we love?
Do we project storms from our inner oceans onto one another?
Do we rewrite instinct in the name of freedom, or does freedom sometimes drown us?

I would love to hear your thoughts.
Where do you believe humanity is heading — biologically, emotionally, and existentially?

— Raphaël Zéla