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
George is an author, researcher, chemist, molecular biologist and food scientist. You can follow him on Twitter @99blackbaloons or enjoy his books https://www.amazon.com/Unhappiness-Machine-stories-Systemic-Collapse/dp/B0BRLVR51R/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Necrocapitalism may have reached sentience, but there is another sentient system on this planet that is much, much older. In fact, it is ancient. It is billions of years old. The rocks that fall off a cliff, the sea kelp that grows in the ocean, the light of the sun sweeping over land in the … Continue reading Under the Watchful Gaze of the Earthnet of Things
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)
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)
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
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
The invention of the concept of entitlement is yet another example of the futile attempts of our species to rewrite nature’s laws. By proclaiming ourselves “entitled” to resources like food and water, we have sought to convince ourselves that we actually “own” these resources, in unlimited quantities. Ownership, and the many entitlements that we have … Continue reading The Fascism of the Human Supremacy Bubble
There was a time when many people believed that Governments were the ultimate safety net. Many of us, including myself, believed that, despite all their faults and inefficiencies, governments, at least the so-called “democratic” ones, were better than no government at all. We believed that the government was a place where big, important, and intelligent … Continue reading Catastrophe Ballet
Entertainment is the experience of watching or attending an event, whether real or not, current or past, and relishing the fact that you can be “present” from a safe distance. The one being entertained usually has an intense curiosity about the subject matter: they want to get as close as they can to “the scene”, … Continue reading The Entertainment Death Trap
George Tsakraklides 