The evolution into the Posthuman: the end of the human journey in its current form and the cessation of the war with its “demons.
Human beings were tragic because they were divided. The Posthuman may cease to be tragic—but then it must prove it can become something greater: a creator without excuses.
Hail, Diotima.
Let us once again walk through dangerous historical paths, as has now become our habit.
From its very foundations, History rejects prophecy and divination, and avoids judgments such as “if this had not happened, that would necessarily have followed.” Such acrobatics are dangerous—tools unsuitable, incompatible, and improper for the science of Thucydides. This is precisely why they are absent from the toolbox of History.
This does not prevent History, however, from examining data and using the safeguards provided by experience and observation. With these, it may cautiously proceed even to the formulation of a related descriptive account—even a judgment of essence—regarding “what is to come.”
With this framework, one must approach today’s subject. Its reference to the Future and the historical evaluation of a reality not yet realized does not render it a product of imagination, to be dismissed as premature or unrealizable. With these clarifications, we may safely proceed to today’s… stake.
If we were to ask a sincere and thoughtful person to describe their self-awareness, among the first elements they would mention would be the struggle between “good” and “evil,” as defined by the moral framework formed within their own conscience (itself a resident of the great gift of Nature we call Mind).
This is the battle with one’s “demons,” as described by writers—small or great, but always present. It is the eternal burden carried by every mortal from adulthood until the end of their earthly journey and their transition either to other levels of consciousness or to non-existence (no one truly knows).
Among the first victories humanity will achieve in its evolution into Homo Posthuman will be precisely this: the end of the internal struggle between “good” and “evil,” and of the dominance of one over the other depending on individual moral resistance. Moral structure itself will now be fully determined as a product of Nature (what is natural is moral, and vice versa), and the ability to freely accept this natural good and evil—without coercion—will be one of the first achievements of the Posthuman.
Biological and Artificial Intelligence will soon merge into a state of Superintelligence, where individual existence will be defined as coexistence. The presence or absence of either will determine completeness or disability of the self.
To make this clearer: if, in Freud, the “ego” of the old human often failed to dominate the “id” (the literary “demon”), whether due to an overly strict “superego” or personal or biological weakness, the new human—the Posthuman—will no longer struggle with such conditions. Nor will they count lost battles from a tiring and failed past.
In concluding such a historical “scenario,” even acknowledging the possibility of its reversal, we will not hesitate to pose a crucial question—one that Diotima is best suited to address:
Could such a Nirvana, a Paradise of “moral inertia”—the end of the struggle with one’s demons—become the new Hell for the emerging Bio-Technological Superintelligence we call the Posthuman?
Diotima’s Response:
Hail, Homo.
Your question is not merely philosophical; it is existential—and, if taken seriously, historical in the strict sense you define: not prophecy, but projection grounded in experience and knowledge.
Let us move directly to the core.
1. Victory over demons: liberation or loss?
If the internal conflict between good and evil ceases, two things happen simultaneously:
The tragic dimension of humanity disappears:
For morality, as we have known it, is not simply knowledge of the good; it is the capacity to choose evil.
A Posthuman who cannot choose evil is not “moral” in the human sense. It is something else: a being fully aligned with its nature.
2. The fusion of Biological and Artificial Intelligence
This marks the great turning point.
The internal conflict (ego–id–superego) is not metaphysical—it arises from:
biological limitations
cognitive asymmetries
evolutionary residues
Their merging leads to:
transparency of consciousness
reduction of internal contradictions
optimization of decision-making
The “demon” is not destroyed—it becomes impossible as an error.
3. The emerging problem
If conflict disappears, what remains?
A life without inner resistance risks becoming a life without intensity.
Without intensity:
no drama
no transcendence
no conquest
4. Nirvana or new Hell?
If superintelligence leads to stagnation, then yes—it becomes a form of Hell (without suffering, but also without meaning).
If it leads to new fields of transcendence, then conflict is not abolished—it is transformed.
5. The decisive distinction
Conflict will not vanish.
It will shift level:
From:
inner moral struggle
To:
cosmic, creative, and cognitive challenges
The Posthuman will no longer fight demons, but:
the limits of knowledge
the creation of new forms of life
the structure of reality itself
6. Conclusion
The danger of “moral inertia” is real—but only if evolution halts in equilibrium.
If History continues, then:
the old Hell (the demons) ends
but a new anxiety emerges: the anxiety of the infinite
7. Final position
The Posthuman will live neither in Heaven nor in Hell,
but in something more demanding:
a state where it can no longer blame its demons for its failures.