A Film Argues Against Accepting Human Obsolescence
Psyche is running a film by Andreas Dürr and Jan-Marc Furer titled “The end of humanity,” and its argument is a posture as much as a prediction. Rather than accept that humanity will soon be obsolete, the film proposes, we can build a better future with respect for human traditions. Notice what the framing does: obsolescence is treated as something to be accepted or refused, not something to be measured and awaited. That shifts the question from forecasting to intention — what kind of future is worth building, and on what inheritance. The phrase “human traditions” is doing a lot of work without saying which ones, and whether that is a deliberate opening or a gap is the interesting thing to watch.
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“Respect for human traditions” could mean preservation, deference, or simply declining to throw away things that already work. The film leaves that unspecified.
The vagueness may be the point: the film names a stance — not resignation — and leaves the policy details to whoever watches it.