The Consumatron Theme Park

Necrocapitalism manages to hide its dark agenda behind the most colourful, mesmerizing shopfront: an endless theme park of consumerism, where our physical senses succumb to the lights, the smells, the sounds, the promises of a better "life". "Retail therapy" as it is called, is a euphemism for the intravenous narcotics of consumerism which numb the … Continue reading The Consumatron Theme Park

Multiple Avatar Psychosis

The splitting of our personality between the real and the virtual is a recipe for developing almost every form of mental health pathology that exists. The more we divide ourselves into distinct, sometimes incompatible personalities e.g. between our professional and personal avatars, the more difficult it becomes to feel whole, genuine and content at any … Continue reading Multiple Avatar Psychosis

Turkish Book Review – The Unhappiness Machine (Livera Publications)

The Unhappiness Machine tells us a story that we are all familiar with in one way or another but insist on not hearing: the story of man's rapid progress towards the end of the world he knows and organizes. In this book, which draws attention to the tragedy of the human species, ashamed of its … Continue reading Turkish Book Review – The Unhappiness Machine (Livera Publications)

A New Earth – (ILLUSTRATED)

Tonight I pasted into an AI prompt some excerpts from my cli-fi fantasy eco-thriller "A New Earth". Here's what it produced: Five minutes later, and the blue Northern Lights had entered John’s living room.  Undulating slowly, sometimes speeding up, they hovered above him on the ceiling for a bit, before heading for the door.  The … Continue reading A New Earth – (ILLUSTRATED)

Delusions of Independence

Problem Child It has been eons since humans committed the ultimate ecosystem hubris:  to dare go it alone, leaving behind the 8 million-strong species they had co-evolved with.  Like rebellious teenagers, clueless of what they wanted to do with their lives, they dashed out the back window one night, abandoning the family who had nurtured … Continue reading Delusions of Independence

The Need For Human-Free Zones

In the words of David Attenborough, “humans have overrun the planet”.  We are the most invasive species this planet has ever known.  The study of ecology and ecosystem balance is an embarrassing oxymoron, coming from a species that has broken every possible rule in the ecosystem book. A species which has redefined, expanded and exceeded the definition … Continue reading The Need For Human-Free Zones