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Human arrival into the world is a silent but profound shock. We begin with a cry, but that cry echoes not only in the air but also in the unknowable depths of existence. We do not choose our name, nor our body. We do not decide which language we will speak, which beliefs we will be raised with, or in which historical period our eyes will open. One morning, in one place, at one time, we simply are. Heidegger summarizes this condition in a single word: Geworfenheit. It is commonly translated into