As the amazon burns, don't count on our leaders to prevent our self-destruction. They're locked in to the system and the transnational corporations that govern it. They will not be the source of the radical changes needed.
Jeremy Lent argues the window for new ideas is opening now. We can still go both ways.
The cardinal error of such analysis, however, lies in its tendency to
mistake structural transformations of global capitalism for zeitgeisty
trends in the history of ideas.
The techno-optimism of the 90s was just a smoke screen.
A detailed down-to-earth article on the real path to wellness versus the industry's mostly worthless solutions.
Talk about addiction. This morning, while out cycling in the countryside, I passed a woman completely absorbed by her phone screen while riding a horse.
I've been in worse condition from a cycling crash. I'm not sure how real this is but it's positively Ballardian.
I recently watched a BBC interview with Extinction Rebellion's co-founder Roger Hallam where he mentions six billion people could die from starvation and war before the end of the century.
My future outlook as far as the coming climate emergency is downright bleak and even I was a bit surprised at the numbers he was throwing out. Well, it turns out there are scientists out there who believe exactly that.
