IN PRAISE OF OBJECTIVISM, OPTIMISM AND UTOPIANISM: A COUNTERPOINT TO SORGNER

Stefan Lorenz Sorgner's 'We Have Always Been Cyborgs' is an opinionated and original take on what it means to be a transhumanist. Although I find myself in agreement with a lot of what Sorgner has to say, I nevertheless object to some of the core philosophical underpinnings to his views. In particular, in this article, I will argue that his relativistic, pessimistic, and anti-utopianist stance should be rejected. Instead, transhumanists should embrace objectivism, optimism and utopianism.