Quote revives claim that Cioran was the first transhumanist
SydSteyerhart · x · 2026-09-21
Quoting E.M. Cioran's famous line — "I resign from humanity. I no longer want to be, nor can still be, human." — the poster argues the Romanian philosopher was effectively the first transhumanist, tying his rejection of the human condition to today's debates on AGI and post-human trajectories.
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