> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.annabelascher.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # The Artificial is Breaking the World: The Argument Against Trans-humanism - URL: https://www.annabelascher.com/the-artificial-is-breaking-the-world-the-argument-against-trans-humanism/ - Published: 2026-09-25T19:48:48.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-25T19:48:48.000Z - Author: Annabel Ascher - Tags: Essays, Culture, Literature, Life, Human Animal I recently saw a post on Facebook that asked the following: Trans-Humanism--The Future? Or the World’s Most Dangerous Idea? My response: It is the worst idea in a large field of terrible ideas. A great deal of the suffering in the world has been and is the result of our species denying its natural origins. Its animality. This is the natural end game for a spilt that is responsible for the ongoing ecocide and our flirtation with human extinction. What we NEED is to reconnect with the natural world and to repair the harm we have wrought to whatever extent we can. I thought this was the worst, but the same site asked another, equally bad and closely related. The topic is the The Artificial Womb—The Radical Future of Humanity without Childbirth. The two concepts, trans-humanism and ectogenesis, are inextricably linked. Now one might say this levels the playing field. And removes gender from the equation. But in my eyes neither of these two factors matter. My objection is not about gender roles which have always been fluid. As to leveling the field, I write as a barren women. I have been infertile since my teens. I would never consider this as a solution. My objection is about biological sexual reproduction, a thing that is intrinsic to mammalian life on this planet. It may not be fair, from a human standpoint, in that it may go against the desires of some. But it just is. As *time* just is. As *death* just is. I would not partake in this process even if this could have given me a “child”. It would not be MY child, even if it came from my egg. It would not have spent 9 months swimming in my fluids, hearing my heartbeat. It would not be bonded to me as mother. And it is not the same as in vitro fertilization in that it is a difference in kind and not merely degree. With the process we currently have, the baby still grows in a natural womb, as all mammals have since we evolved. The perpetrators of this abomination want to transform us into machines on the theory that machines are the superior form. But they are not human, as I am. As you are. The theory behind this uses the term “humanity without childbirth”. But then we are not really talking about humanity anymore, are we? I know there are probably readers who are for this development because of gender-identity issues. I am not addressing that here except to say that we can adopt whatever expressions we choose WITHIN THE LIMITS of nature. Which means, as unfair as it may be, there are experiences that some humans can have and others can’t. But why must we accept the bounds of nature when technology can break them? That is the very heart of this argument. We are drowning in artificiality. Breaking the bounds of nature will break the world. IS breaking the world. The way back is towards our animal selves, one among millions of species. There is no crown of creation and if there was, it would not be us, and it certainly would not be a machine that we, in our hubris, created in our own image. Our gods are trouble enough for one planet. There is only the circle of life, and if we want to continue to live, we must live within it. ***This site is entirely reader supported, never a paywall. Please consider subscribing, free or paid. And if you can, consider a one time contribution by clicking here:*** [https://buymeacoffee.com/annabelascher](https://buymeacoffee.com/annabelascher?ref=annabelascher.com)