One tiny piece of DNA, surrounded by a layer of proteins, floating in a microscopic droplet of water from someone's sneeze. That’s all it is, that’s all it takes, to change the course of an entire civilization. A molecule which isn't even visible on a conventional microscope, yet powerful enough to change the course of … Continue reading Transformation Through Collapse: How Viruses Have Shaped Our Civilisations
From space, our planet looks like an ever-changing marble. To an alien civilisation, the massive white storm clouds constantly shifting above oceans and landmasses would have probably suggested that this is one messy, stormy, unstable and unwelcoming environment; perhaps one which is on the verge of implosion under all this turmoil. While this may have … Continue reading Rogue Currencies
Fat deposits in our body work exactly like a battery: whenever there is a surplus of food in our bloodstream, insulin hormone is released which diverts this food into storage. This happens within specialized cells which are able to turn carbohydrates and proteins into a molecule which is the perfect battery pack: incredibly light and … Continue reading Capitalism Is A Metabolic Disease. Welcome To Your Late Stage Economic Diabetes
Evolving Into One 3.5 billion years ago, life began to emerge on Earth. A single, lonely cell, the ancestor which we share with every other life form on the planet, began to diverge into unique individual species. At first, only a handful of fragile life forms existed, barely distinguishable from each other. Fast forward a … Continue reading The False Narrative of Conflict
continued from previous He turned his attention to Olivia: “Earth is a garden. Once you stop killing the weeds and allow everything to grow, you realize that no species was actually ever invasive or aggressive. They were all meant to be with each other. When you plough the garden, initially there is a little competition, … Continue reading A New Earth – The Memory of Extinction
George Tsakraklides 