Our economic system has preyed upon our survival instincts to turn us into insecure consumatrons. The more we define ourselves by what we own, the more this system owns us. We have come to a point in our history where our sense of self-worth is drawn not from self-respect, but from our level of access … Continue reading The Consumatronic Dystopia
It is both interesting and terrifying that the survival of this economic system has become more important than the survival of humanity. The necrosystem only cares about propagating itself, which it achieves by farming more humans and creating more consumer needs. Human society did not simply invent business. It has become a business all to … Continue reading The Age of the Farmed Consumatron
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
With any economy, the faster you grow and expand, the sooner you die, just like an obesity patient. There is, however, one economy in the world who has got it right. It neither grows nor dies, and actually manages to stay the same, or at least it did, until recently. It is the oldest economy … Continue reading The Biggest, Oldest Economy In The World Is Burning
We are paying a hefty price for having confused capitalism with democracy. This is most typically true in the West, where unregulated markets and an infinite choice of products have created this perfect optical illusion of freedom. But free markets and an infinity of products facilitate neither free speech nor free ideas. Free ideas are … Continue reading The Great Illusion of Freedom. Surely This Must Be a Democracy?
Evolution has come a long way, perhaps longer than we thought. We would like to believe that we, humans, represent the forefront of evolution on Earth. But there are arguably other forms of existence which supersede us, including some which precede us. The most terrifying life form on the planet is our own economic system: … Continue reading The Thing: It Is Alive and Intelligent
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
Global industrial civilisation was built to cater to human needs: more comfort, more laughter, more love. But it lacked the “heart” to understand these intrinsically human, largely emotional needs. It was much easier for us to focus on creating this civilisation initially as a machine of efficiency, hoping that emotions, “humanity”, would eventually come in … Continue reading The Consumatronic State and the Illusion of Happiness
George Tsakraklides 