Benjamin Cain
Jan 10, 2023

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You may be more pessimistic or nihilistic than me. Our big brains might indeed be immensely destructive and self-destructive, but because they're anomalous, they can also be creative. I don't have a crystal ball for predicting the far future, but it's fun to ponder the constructive possibilities, too, such as transhumanism.

For me, our anti-natural tendencies support a kind of humanistic ethics, but I temper that with cosmicism (with a horrific view of the universe as an inhuman, absurd wasteland).

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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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