My concept responds to Techgnosticism, coined in 1999 by Erik Davis, by introducing TECHNOMORTIS, a philosophy of technology grounded in human mortality. 

Technomortis rejects the pursuit of transcendence through technology as an escape from death. Instead, it frames technological advancement as inseparable from humanity’s fear of finitude and the historical pursuit of tools as a response to mortality itself.

Where Techgnosticism seeks ascension into a technological “spirit”, Technomortis insists on remaining within the world of matter, consequences, and decay. It treats death not as a flaw to be overcome, but as a primary constraint shaping ethical and empathetic technological design. 

By integrating fear, fallibility and human embodiment, Technomortis offers a framework for confronting the spiritual instability emerging in contemporary technology and AI. It argues that only through accepting mortality can we change how we build, break and live with our machines.