Elon’s Swasticars did not become fascist overnight. They were all along part of a system which breeds fascism and green fairy tales in order to boost profits and keep fattening the oligarchs. Replacing fossil fuel-powered cars with electric vehicles addresses neither traffic congestion nor carbon emissions. Electric vehicles enter the market as brand new cars … Continue reading Lifecycle of a Swasticar
I’ve been walking past this graffiti on the beach for years. Meters away from the surf and right on the concrete beach walk, it is highly visible to foot traffic but too boring to notice: a hasty, unimaginative execution in plain black dripping spray paint on a dystopian iron door the key to which has … Continue reading Disorder Is Their Order
We’ve always been taught that Homo sapiens is set apart from other species by its ability to override so-called “animalistic” inner cues stemming from hormones and instincts. But is that really an advantage? Hormones and instincts are vital, visceral responses to the real world which serve as important alerts and warnings. They are the source … Continue reading Why Emotions Matter More Than Ever
A dystopia is what happens to a civilisation when it has stopped paying attention to reality. Then again, when were civilisations ever self-aware? However real the climate crisis may get, escapism into the Mind Prison will always get the better out of humans. By the time thousands perish daily, there will be too much hunger, … Continue reading Invisible Dystopias
In every pre-collapse dystopia there are three types of people: those who represent and curate it, those who have sided with it, and those who detest it. Parasites. Main driver: profit acceleration The first group needs no introduction. It represents the classic self-centred human, typically exemplified by the ruthless accelerationism of “destroy-now-pay-later” suicide economics of … Continue reading How to Survive a Pre-Collapse Dystopia: a Conceptual Segmentation
Our brain has a tremendous affinity for stability. It desperately wants to believe in an unchanging world, even as the world changes. In fact, our brain is so obsessed with stability that it constantly convinces itself that the world is barely in flux. This make-believe stability appears to be fundamental to our feeling of safety, … Continue reading Collapse 101: Climate Denial and the Trauma Response
We are being told by CEOs, self-proclaimed futurists, visionaries, technology gurus and Silicon Valley geeks with millions of followers and thousands of books sold, that AI will bring about a never-before-seen abundance, after a “short rough patch” of adjustment. I’ve watched a number of talks, interviews and discussions online with these experts over the years, … Continue reading AI Won’t Destroy the World. Humans Using AI Will.
The number of people working because it gives them meaning as opposed to simply paying for their now unaffordable rent, mortgage or dependents, has reached peak low. As for the number of people whose work agrees with their deeper ethics, values and beliefs, it is close to zero. The first lesson we learn as we … Continue reading Caution: Work Is Approaching Peak Bullshit
Those aged up to 27 and who are currently approaching adulthood, are growing up in the most frightening, daunting version of this world humanity has ever seen. Everything is stacked up against them. Injured by two global financial crises, mentally and physically damaged by pandemics and wars, and knowing they are growing up in a … Continue reading Collapse Report: The Gen Z Revolt Is Here
Fascism will take away our freedoms, but our freedoms were limited to begin with. In fact, they were illusions of freedom. Because we were served an illusion of choice, and when it comes to voting choice for that matter, an illusion of democracy itself. Whether Kamala or Trump had won, this world would have gone … Continue reading Fascism and Capitalism. A Short Reference Guide on How the Two (Don’t) Differ
George Tsakraklides 