When a species eliminates all predators, it is a threat to everything. And when its population reaches astronomical numbers, this threat becomes existential. Everything is attacked, including the inanimate world: atmosphere, weather, energy, temperature. The planetary infrastructure is taken down bit by bit, much like a Hollywood set hurriedly dismantled to make space for the … Continue reading Hallucinating Parasites and the War on Physics
All power corrupts, brain power being no exception to this. The tremendous competitive advantages of the human brain would undoubtedly lead to arrogance, as we became increasingly adept at using our brain less as a reasoning device, and more as a weapon of mass destruction. The effectiveness and speed of what we could do was … Continue reading Problem-Solving Savages at the Edge of Extinction
Some of the greatest minds in humans were actually not very “intelligent”. They didn’t have impressive, fast computation powers. They didn’t have talents they could showcase in a circus. They had no noteworthy leadership, communication or self-management skills. And they certainly were not “aggressively driven”. But they were awake, more awake than few humans had … Continue reading Beyond The Petri Dish: The Infinity State
As filler humans, we are entering a new slavery situation where our master is not even human. We can’t see them because they don’t have a face, and we can’t attack them because they are virtually everywhere. For a species who invented the concept of personal ownership, it was very ironic yet at the same … Continue reading Human Pets of the Consumaverse
It is ironic but not at all surprising that, for a civilisation which prides itself in having taken care of its most basic needs a very long time ago, its demise will come down to the one, most basic thermodynamic need which is common to all organisms, regardless of level of intelligence: Food. Civilisations … Continue reading Food and Life: the Double Disappearing Act
This civilisation has learned to survive by extraction, exploitation and extinction. It is the teenager walking up to the fridge, taking whatever they need without ever wondering who went grocery shopping, how much it cost, and who paid the electric bill. This lazy formula of existence has been so easy and straightforward, so successful and … Continue reading The Civilisational Lie
Follow the link to listen to my talk with the brilliant Alex Smith from Radio Ecoshock https://www.ecoshock.org/2024/01/spectacle-necrocapitalism-methane.html
It is with incredible pride and apocalyptic joy that I announce the official detonation of “The Unhappiness Machine” today. Please Read, Review, Retweet, Repeat. God bless Capitalism. (from the Preface:) Why is humanity unable to put the brakes on its self-destruction? While much of the world still debates the credibility of such a question, just … Continue reading NEW BOOK RELEASE – The Unhappiness Machine
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
(from the Untitled new novel) With unwavering tenacity and determination, the seeds continued to push with whatever strength they had against the infinite, pitch-black darkness of the heavy, moisture-laden soil up above. While their persistence and courage were admirable, the truth was that none of them had even the faintest idea of where exactly they … Continue reading To Believe
George Tsakraklides 