There was a time when humans were foragers. There were no supermarkets, not even any agricultural plantations. People collected food by seeing what’s available around them: some fruit, nuts, animals and fish they could kill. It has been argued that this lifestyle inflicted little damage to the land and to animal populations, allowing the ecosystem … Continue reading Foraging Myths and Primitive Hippies
2022 is officially the year of Revelation. It is the year when our planet has finally decided to take off its mask and show us its scarred, dried, infected face. It has finally decided to show us its zombie skin: all the rot and disintegration that had been taking place underneath the mask for hundreds … Continue reading The Big Reveal
And on the 8th day of creation, humans took over from God and created capitalism. And capitalism took over from humans and looked down at them and said: “you are mine now”. And humans looked at their wallets, and they were full of money. And they bought everything they could buy, and killed everything in … Continue reading Creation
This planet has suffered long enough under humans, so much so that I think it deserves to finally have "a fit". To go crazy. Just literally nuts, bonkers, off the wall insane. Hasn't it waited its turn long enough? For thousands of years humans did whatever they wanted: killing, destroying, pushing ecosystems to the brink. … Continue reading Let Earth Have Her Tantrum
(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
I know what you're thinking: with 8 billion of us on the planet, how can we actually be extinct? If anything, we are taking over the planet like a viral plague. Well, I guess it depends on your definition of extinction. When we define extinction, we tend to concentrate on the numbers of a given … Continue reading This is why Humans have already been Technically Extinct for hundreds of years
Technology has its way of accelerating the growth of a civilisation, as well as its demise. We have now crossed the point where the technology we invented has been so embedded into the fabric of our daily lives, that it feels less of a fabric and more of a spider web weaving us into a … Continue reading We Are The Suicide Bots
Our civilisation is desperate to die. It is doing everything possible within its power to put itself out of its misery in the most effective, definitive, and determined way. It does take a lot of effort to kill an entire planet. But, don't you worry. The processes of chaos, self-destruction and collapse that we have … Continue reading Deathwish
Born inside a paradise full of animals and fruit The Humans started building shelves, And then walls around the shelves. They installed cash registers at the front entrance and started putting price tags on everything. Nothing was free anymore. The Earth became a huge supermarket As everything was stolen and brought inside so it can … Continue reading How To Sell Your Mother
Continued from previous Aberash took a step back, surrendering the floor with a hand gesture. Aspen walked in hesitantly, taking Aberash’s place at the center next to the faint light source. She looked into the audience for a few seconds, trying to make eye contact with some of the faces. All she could see was … Continue reading A New Earth – The Gene
George Tsakraklides 