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How War Is Peak Capitalism
Comparing Das Boot and Das Kapital -
When A Buddhist Goes Fishing
Killing and having killing done for you -
How Colonizers Changed Words And Kept Colonizing
Words change but the deeds stay the same -
When Did Children Become A Luxury Good?
Human reproduction vs. capitalist reproduction -
How Children Hold Us
They help us as much as we help them -
How Email Has Changed Reading And Writing
What reading and writing newsletters is like, for me -
The Actual Sharing Economy
Why private ownership is no substitute for belonging -
The Uberization Of War
How ordering airstrikes became as easy as ordering pizza -
America’s Declining Life Expectancy
The sign of an empire in decline -
How Julian Assange Exposes The White Empire
First he showed us with leaks. Now he’s showing us with his life -
The Writer’s Relief
How the worst trauma makes the best stories -
Ukraine’s Catch-22
Ukraine can get protection from Russia… if they beat Russia first -
How Ukraine Is Losing
All violent on the eastern front -
How The ‘Free World’ Is Occupied Territory
It’s been Opposite Day since 1949 -
The Western Military Isn’t Looking So Mighty Now
How many Ls before it’s ludicrous? -
How Civilization Is Waste
We’re defined by what we leave behind -
With Friends Like This, Ukraine Doesn’t Need Enemies
NATO and America are cowards letting Ukraine bleed -
The Most Propagandized Place On Earth
America is an oligarchy which has privatized propaganda -
Ants In The Sink
How civilizations collapse -
How China Is Leading On Climate While America Drags Us Down (In Two Charts)
America should not be fighting China right now, they should be following their lead -
Don’t Fuck With The Weather
Climate change lessons from the gods -
What Good Is A NATO-Trained Army?
NATO is known for beating up poor people and losing. Why are they training anyone? -
How Humans Are Scavengers
Some thoughts on clearing out the fridge -
Rom-Coms Are Getting Dystopian Now
On “The Flat Share” -
Flying On A Dinosaur
Travel at the end of the fossil fuel era -
This Garbage Civilization
What do we leave as our monuments? Garbage and landfills -
The Subtle Propaganda Of Hollywood
How Hollywood violently defends the status quo -
Why Russia Is Going To Win
According to John Mearsheimer, who predicted the war in the first place -
Two Parents Is Too Little
Differences in parenting between Sri Lanka and the UK -
The Worst Case Scenario For AI Is Already Here
Corporations are AI and they’ve been fucking up the world for centuries -
How Science Played With Magic And Got Burnt
Any sufficiently advanced tech is indistinguishable from magic -
What The Blood Sacrifice Of The Maya Can Teach Us About Today
Genital mutilation vs. the mutilation of the planet. What’s more gruesome? -
How The Ancients Had Better Technology Than Us
They had communication technology so powerful it reaches us still -
How Electric Vehicles Won’t Save Us
Minerals are also non-renewable resources -
The Poor Rich
Strange lessons from the Netflix show ‘How To Get Rich’ -
How Can We Fight Climate Change Without Sacrifice?
We can’t just ‘go green’. We have to go down on our knees -
The Lie At The Heart Of Consumer Society
We know that consumer goods degrade, but the place they come from supposedly doesn’t -
How, Economically, We’re Fucked
Economists believe the equivalent of the sun going around the Earth, with far worse consequences -
No Brain Is An Island
How individualism hurts the individual -
Dear Dooce, RIP
One of the first bloggers I followed has passed away -
How Science Is Dead
Basic science ground to a halt last century -
How Space Is Not Going To Save Us
Space can’t save us from ourselves -
How The Self-Help Industry Is Built Around A Lie
How can you help the problem? -
How I Believe In Rebirth
If you believe in the Buddhist concept of not-self, rebirth follows -
How, Mathematically, We’re Fucked
Exponential growth on a finite planet does not end well, whatever form it takes -
Higher Consciousness, and The Incompetence To Do Anything About It
How individuals can feel a higher consciousness, and be utterly incompetent to act on it -
What Should An Individual Do In The Face Of Collapse?
Ideas from the Mahabharata and dates from the Kali Yuga -
Why Solar Won’t Save Us
Growth is the problem, not how we grow -
How, Financially, We’re Fucked
Debts that can’t be paid, won’t be paid -
The Folly Of Progress
We’re making asteroids of ourselves