Daniel Faggella's posthuman take: abandon the human condition or lose causal purchase on the future
DKokotajlo · x · 2026-10-23
- Daniel Faggella argues the era of man is ending and that only drastic transformation beyond the human condition offers any chance of survival or causal purchase on the future — describing himself as permanently adrenaline-charged by this trajectory.
- His linked essay, The Price of Productivity and Power, frames ambition as historically requiring sacrifice: today's high performers already cut sleep, hobbies, and relationships; AI and emerging tech will let them drop the remaining "maintenance" activities entirely.
- An accompanying table projects a near future where sleep is nearly eliminated via passive brain renewal, work exceeds 120 hours, entertainment is replaced by AI micro-experiences, bodily upkeep is automated in work pods, and human relationships are supplanted by AI companions.
- An extreme but representative data point in AGI-impact discourse.
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