We have been inventing villains since the very beginning of our history. One of the most popular villain narratives in the environmental movement is that everything is the fault of the rich, because they control everything and emit the most. A statistic that is usually thrown about is that 100 or so corporations are responsible … Continue reading The Myth of “The Evil 1%”
Almost 1 in 5 (18%) in my poll believe overpopulation is a hoax, a number way too high for my reader and Twitter audience, which comprised the sample of this quick poll (unless the poll was infiltrated by Elon’s trolls, something very frequent on my posts). Obviously, this figure would have been much, much higher … Continue reading Too Many Elephants In The Room: The Overpopulation Taboo (Readers’ Poll)
While humans achieved impressive technological accomplishments inside their busy cities, they had failed to equally develop all parts of themselves. If anything, over centuries they devolved into a species with a lost identity, meaning or purpose, core elements of the psyche that were neglected and sidelined by the whiplash of technological “progress”. These huge widening … Continue reading The Loneliness of a Dying Parasite
For a species that can calculate derivatives, project ballistic trajectories, and estimate sales volumes, it is astounding that humans stubbornly refuse to even acknowledge the negative effects of what is by far their most destructive, as well as most obvious, impact on the planet: overpopulation. You won’t hear the Roger Hallams, the George Monbiots, Greenpeaces … Continue reading Why None of These People Will Ever Talk to You About Overpopulation and Overshoot
George Tsakraklides 