My philosophy responds to Techgnosis, coined in 1999 by Erik Davis, by introducing Technomortis, a philosophy of technology grounded in human mortality. 

Technomortics rejects the pursuit of human transcendence through technology as an escape from death. Instead, it frames technological advancement as inseparable from humanity’s fear of finitude. 

Where Davis’ Techgnosticism aims at ascension into a technological “spirit” through means like digital immortality, Technomortis insists on remaining within the world of matter, consequences, and decay. It treats death and suffering not as a flaw to be overcome, but as a primary constraint shaping ethical and empathetic technological design. 

Technomortis focuses on the integration of fear rather than the avoidance of it as a means to personal acceptance and collective collaboration. Perfectionism and purity are rejected in exchange for authentic relation. Technomortis offers a framework for confronting the moral and spiritual instability emerging in contemporary technology and AI. It argues that only by accepting mortality can we change how we build and live in harmony with each other and our machines.