Against anthropocentric futures: why eternal human-AI harmony betrays life itself
danfaggella · x · 2026-11-01
Daniel Faggella critiques the "anthropocentric future" — humans and robots holding hands happily for millions of years. His argument: you are an individuated, temporary form within a changing living process, so freezing your current preferences into an eternal future flatly contradicts the self-overcoming nature of life that made your existence possible. Using Eric's framing, he notes we optimize to keep things the same while circumstances inevitably expand beyond what any optimized-for pattern can sustain. Survival is natural; but an eternal marriage to any one torch is ultimately scorn for the flame — the greater life process that makes any torch possible.
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