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
He reached deep into one of the pockets in his jacket and took out the packet of Black Sky that one of the Revelers at the shelter had sneaked in as a goodbye present. He held the tiny ziploc bag up to the faint light, looking at the transparent crystals inside. Turning the bag sideways … Continue reading A New Earth – Petunia
continued from previous “That’s it. No more funny dinners, I’m getting you out of here!” Olivia said to John in a serious and determined tone. “I think even a rebel like you could use some time off the streets”. She was joking of course. John was more of a “laptop rebel”, an “indoor revolutionary”, not … Continue reading A New Earth – New Beginning
continued from previous The morning arrived awkwardly. No one could deny what had happened last night. And as much as they all knew that they had tripped on a hallucinogen, most people felt that their experience had been somewhat real: it certainly FELT real. And it had changed their view of Earth forever, allowing them … Continue reading A New Earth – The Living Planet
continued from previous But the Revelers could see beyond the fake sky. They just needed a little help sometimes. They used music to access their most primal, yet compassionate, inner life force. When they needed to connect to the Earth, they used a cocktail of entheogens called Black Sky. The trip would begin in total … Continue reading A New Earth – Black Sky
continued from previous “Are you sure?” – said Ben “It is one of our working hypotheses at the moment”, Olivia replied. “It is possible that hurricanes, and other storms, combined with tropical temperatures, act almost like a shaking incubator environment: they increase gas exchange at the sea surface, therefore providing more CO2 for the phytoplankton – … Continue reading A New Earth – Hurricane World
continued from previous “Unbelievable. It happened again!” – Jason yelled as he stared into the Excel chart on his screen. He brought his face closer to the monitor so that he can almost see the individual pixels. For a few seconds he became absorbed into the screen, as he tried to predict where the trendline … Continue reading A New Earth – Sum of the Parts
George Tsakraklides 