We reject TESCREAL’s fantasy of escaping death, transcending the body, or leaving Earth behind for some “posthuman” digital playground built by the rich.

Instead, we believe:

✅ Humanity is grounded, embodied, and interdependent.

Technology should serve real people — not abstract “posthumans,” future space colonizers, or billionaire-uploaded minds.

✅ We fight for justice here and now, not just in hypothetical futures.

Present-day suffering matters. Climate collapse, systemic oppression, and inequality must be addressed before we chase sci-fi dreams.

✅ We value community wisdom, not just elite rationalism.

It’s not enough to “overcome cognitive biases” or run the best utility-maximizing equation — we need to honor lived experience, cultural knowledge, and human emotion as part of ethical decision-making.

✅ We believe technology is a tool, not a savior.

AI, biotech, and space exploration are not divine raptures or apocalypses; they’re human-made tools that can reinforce oppression or help us dismantle it. The question is: Who controls them?

✅ We reject accelerationism and fearmongering alike.

We resist both blind tech boosterism (“move fast, break things”) and AI doom narratives that demand authoritarian control. Instead, we call for collective, democratic stewardship over technology.

✅ We prioritize care, repair, and relational power.

Instead of glorifying endless progress, we value slowness, sustainability, mutual aid, and the power that comes from relationships — human to human, human to machine, human to Earth.

✅ We center anti-fascism in all tech conversations.

Tech is not “neutral.” It has been — and will be — shaped by power: corporate, state, racial, gendered. We must name and fight these forces to build a future worth living in.