A choir of tech titans and influential commentators has grown inescapably loud with proclamations that technology will soon render humanity, in its current form, obsolete. This leaves each of us with a binary choice: embrace the coming ‘post-human paradigm’ or get left behind. Created by the Swiss filmmakers Andreas Dürr and Jan-Marc Furer, The End of Humanity pushes back against the idea that we can, or should, be so easily replaced.
Integrating cinematic sci-fi flourishes and interviews with philosophers, theologians and other leading thinkers, the documentary argues that corporate incentives, a compliant press and a fundamental misunderstanding of humanity itself have pushed conversations about the future towards fatalism. Instead, the film makes the case that the future is far from settled: we needn’t eschew technology entirely, but should build it in a way that respects our intellectual traditions, preserves our humanity and, in so doing, engenders a better future. This short is condensed from a feature-length version of The End of Humanity.
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