Benjamin Cain
1 min readJun 19, 2022

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A traditionalist would insist that the ghosts are real or she would cynically use "traditions" as noble lies to control populations. I'm trying to lay bare how things look from an enlightened philosophical perspective. But I'd agree with traditionalists who are implicitly elitists. At least, I think the egalitarian aspect of secular humanism is problematic. Of course, elitism is problematic too.

I use "transhuman" in broad and narrow ways. I'm not really a transhumanist in the narrow, technical sense since I make no predictions about the technological singularity, etc. I use the concept of a posthuman mentality to focus speculations on the nature of "enlightenment." Indeed, I'm currently writing a series on transhumanism and its relation to humanism, theism, and existentialism.

In any case, if a transhuman were a cyborg who thinks like an AI, I don't claim to know what this being would think of the fiction of private property. Presumably, the fiction would be dismissed like any other childish game. My point is that there's a philosophical perspective that transcends mass human concerns, and from that perspective, adult human normality seems childlike. This is consistent with aristocratic elitism, and with transhuman condescension towards our species.

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Benjamin Cain
Benjamin Cain

Written by Benjamin Cain

Ph.D. in philosophy / Knowledge condemns. Art redeems. / https://benjamincain.substack.com / https://ko-fi.com/benjamincain / benjamincain8@gmailDOTcom

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