The Existential Threat of Reality Management Authorities (a.k.a. Government)

In the fight over resources, different forms of government came into existence, and various opportunists nominated themselves as protectors, announcing their candidacy with the usual campaign promises.  The roots of fascism are ancient.  Power, whether a democracy, tyranny or monarchy, is inextricably linked to corruption and violence.  While pavements, running water and a tax system … Continue reading The Existential Threat of Reality Management Authorities (a.k.a. Government)

The False Narrative of Conflict

Evolving Into One 3.5 billion years ago, life began to emerge on Earth. A single, lonely cell, the ancestor which we share with every other life form on the planet, began to diverge into unique individual species.  At first, only a handful of fragile life forms existed, barely distinguishable from each other.  Fast forward a … Continue reading The False Narrative of Conflict

The Birth of Cakeconomics

The Birth of Cakeconomics Whenever I order a piece of cake at a restaurant, I always wonder how many more pieces of cake there are back in the kitchen.  Not because I’m greedy but because I’m fascinated by how, from a logistics point of view, the restaurant manages to achieve that perfect goldilocks balance between … Continue reading The Birth of Cakeconomics

Psychonomic Civilisations

(continued) ...For the teenagers, everything outside of the city was nothing but a cheap resource to be exploited, and their arrogance grew day by day as they descended into a spiral of addiction and mental illness, often exacerbated by the city itself.  Instead of abandoning their concrete fortress and returning to the village, they would … Continue reading Psychonomic Civilisations

Book Launch Interview: Beyond The Petri Dish

"George has authored works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, all revolving around themes of civilizational collapse and humanity’s inevitable self-destruction. His latest book is Beyond the Petri Dish: Human Consciousness in the Time of Collapse, Apathy and Algorithms – a truly original work which posits that our economic system evolved symbiotically around our brain, gradually implanting itself … Continue reading Book Launch Interview: Beyond The Petri Dish

(Psssst…I have a NEW BOOK out)

Beyond The Petri Dish: Human Consciousness in the Time of Collapse, Apathy and Algorithms We are experiencing an era of unprecedented cognitive dissonance.  Despite incredible advances in our capacity to access information and “truth”, we have reached a terrifying all-time high for apathy. The planet’s existential-level catastrophe is systematically edited out of the news, even … Continue reading (Psssst…I have a NEW BOOK out)

Dawn of the Algorithmocracy

The Thing is getting much more than us out of this human / machine partnership deal. It is getting the most precious commodity: data.  It is beginning to own us, and our only planet.  We have relinquished control over who buys our data, how much they pay for it, and what they do with it.  … Continue reading Dawn of the Algorithmocracy

Transcending The Ego: The Difficult Awakening Into Responsibility

Reaching the Infinity State for the very first time can be a daunting experience: by connecting to the universe’s neuralink one suddenly becomes a mirror for the vastness, reflecting anything and everything, both good and bad, including all the joy and all the pain that has ever existed.  For a moment the Vastness turns the … Continue reading Transcending The Ego: The Difficult Awakening Into Responsibility

Cognitive Inequality: The Powerhouse of the Necroeconomy

It was unavoidable that the myth of human supremacy would be cloned and broadcasted within human societies themselves.  Any species subscribing to narratives of its supremacy over other species will unavoidably soon construct very similar narratives within its own society. This is why all the crimes which humans have perpetrated against nature, they have already … Continue reading Cognitive Inequality: The Powerhouse of the Necroeconomy

On Gatwick Airport’s New Proposed Runway to Hell

(Open Floor Hearing, May 2 2024) "Good afternoon and thank you to the inspectorate and the organisers.  According to the UN Climate Chief, we have just two years to save the world.  According to many scientists studying our planet’s climate and the 10 million species who live on this planet, it is already too late … Continue reading On Gatwick Airport’s New Proposed Runway to Hell