The transhumanists of Silicon Valley aim to become more than human – to copy life, edit humanity, and delete death. But Àlex Gómez-Marín argues that transhumanism is a false religion masquerading as a technological program. God is long dead, but Silicon Valley is building a digital one. And this new God, contends Gomez-Marin, is a death-cult, promoting a self-immolating future for our species, for the supposed benefit of a post-human race that shall be better equipped, happier, and live forever here on planet earth and soon depart beyond the stars.

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