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“A civilisation that is constructed as a short-term stint can only ever have a finite duration”
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Live Fast, Die Young: The Great Procrastination
The short-term nature of this civilisation is evident in its short-term economic system: impulse buying, instant gratification, single-use commodities and single-use natural resources are all manif…
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February 1, 2025 at 7:05 AM
“A civilisation that is constructed as a short-term stint can only ever have a finite duration”
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“The unsustainability of this civilisation is its best kept secret”
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In The Grip Of Necrocapitalism : The Making And Breaking Of A Psychonomy
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“The unsustainability of this civilisation is its best kept secret”
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“Sustainability became the art of deluding consumers into buying products that magically de-consume themselves, while renewable energy investments became shopfronts for environmental crime”
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The Unhappiness Machine: and other stories about Systemic Collapse
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January 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
“Sustainability became the art of deluding consumers into buying products that magically de-consume themselves, while renewable energy investments became shopfronts for environmental crime”
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“At every step of the way, this civilization opted for meaningless short-term lifestyle benefits at the expense of existentially disastrous future consequences. These are the exact same priorities as those of an addict”
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In The Grip Of Necrocapitalism: The Making And Breaking Of A Psychonomy
In The Grip Of Necrocapitalism: The Making And Breaking Of A Psychonomy [Tsakraklides, George] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. In The Grip Of Necrocapitalism: The Making And Breaking Of A Psychonomy
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January 7, 2025 at 7:27 AM
“At every step of the way, this civilization opted for meaningless short-term lifestyle benefits at the expense of existentially disastrous future consequences. These are the exact same priorities as those of an addict”
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“People are still foragers at heart, only that rather than walking through a forest, they have bulldozed the forest to build supermarket shelves to walk through instead”
January 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
“People are still foragers at heart, only that rather than walking through a forest, they have bulldozed the forest to build supermarket shelves to walk through instead”
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A civilisation that casually walks into the darkness without its heart is a walking corpse. In the name of efficiency, convenience and productivity, humans have long ago stopped asking themselves: what makes me truly happy?
January 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A civilisation that casually walks into the darkness without its heart is a walking corpse. In the name of efficiency, convenience and productivity, humans have long ago stopped asking themselves: what makes me truly happy?
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“In a world whose only intention is to shape us into shopping missiles flying from one store to the next, freedom of thought has become the most abominable terrorist activity”
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Beyond The Petri Dish: Human Consciousness in the Time of Collapse, Apathy and Algorithms
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December 27, 2024 at 6:47 AM
“In a world whose only intention is to shape us into shopping missiles flying from one store to the next, freedom of thought has become the most abominable terrorist activity”
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“Rather than addressing their mortality, civilizations always sought to distract themselves from their existential issues by building crystal castles”
December 26, 2024 at 6:38 AM
“Rather than addressing their mortality, civilizations always sought to distract themselves from their existential issues by building crystal castles”
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The Andromeda Galaxy | NASA
December 26, 2024 at 4:27 AM
The Andromeda Galaxy | NASA
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“The problem with degrowth and contraction is that they are not worth investing in because the return of investment goes to society as a whole, not the investors”
December 23, 2024 at 8:53 AM
“The problem with degrowth and contraction is that they are not worth investing in because the return of investment goes to society as a whole, not the investors”
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The daily survival of 8 billion humans continues to depend upon destruction and extinction. This is a survival model which is undoubtedly unsurvivable
December 19, 2024 at 10:36 AM
The daily survival of 8 billion humans continues to depend upon destruction and extinction. This is a survival model which is undoubtedly unsurvivable
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“Crises are never given their true dimension. They will always be either completely denied, or exaggerated so they can be weaponised”
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Collapse 101: Climate Denial and the Trauma Response
Our brain has a tremendous affinity for stability. It desperately wants to believe in an unchanging world, even as the world changes. In fact, our brain is so obsessed with stability that it cons…
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December 18, 2024 at 2:03 PM
“Crises are never given their true dimension. They will always be either completely denied, or exaggerated so they can be weaponised”
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First ever image of another multi-planet solar system captured by ESO Telescope
December 16, 2024 at 6:41 PM
First ever image of another multi-planet solar system captured by ESO Telescope
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James Webb Space Telescope Captures Stunning Image of WR 124 star. Inspired to explore the cosmos with a telescope? Start your journey today and get your own telescope here 👉 amzn.to/49g9lvS #SpaceInspiration #AmazonAffiliate
December 16, 2024 at 7:16 PM
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“Our brain was not made to excel in ethics, philosophy and ecology. It evolved to efficiently exploit resources”
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Beyond The Petri Dish: Human Consciousness in the Time of Collapse, Apathy and Algorithms
Beyond The Petri Dish: Human Consciousness in the Time of Collapse, Apathy and Algorithms
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December 16, 2024 at 6:14 AM
“Our brain was not made to excel in ethics, philosophy and ecology. It evolved to efficiently exploit resources”
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25 years of Dillo - a minimalistic web browser particularly intended for older or slower computers and embedded systems.
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#opensource #unix #linux
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25 years of Dillo
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December 16, 2024 at 1:24 AM
25 years of Dillo - a minimalistic web browser particularly intended for older or slower computers and embedded systems.
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#opensource #unix #linux
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Extremely detailed photo of Martian soil from the Curiosity rover 🔍
December 16, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Extremely detailed photo of Martian soil from the Curiosity rover 🔍
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“For humans, Earth is nothing but a huge supermarket: we are much more interested in owning it than understanding it”
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How Human Supremacy Killed the Search For Knowledge
Manufactured narratives of conflict and supremacy pervade every aspect of human civilisation, even the very areas tasked specifically with questioning, challenging and reframing toxic narratives we…
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December 15, 2024 at 9:55 AM
“For humans, Earth is nothing but a huge supermarket: we are much more interested in owning it than understanding it”
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Nasa's cassini spacecraft captured the incredible view of Saturn Credit:NASA
December 15, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Nasa's cassini spacecraft captured the incredible view of Saturn Credit:NASA
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“Emotion is wholly excluded from the scientific process, leaving our civilisation completely unprotected against the unchecked development of dangerous technologies”
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How Human Supremacy Killed the Search For Knowledge
Manufactured narratives of conflict and supremacy pervade every aspect of human civilisation, even the very areas tasked specifically with questioning, challenging and reframing toxic narratives we…
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December 14, 2024 at 10:28 AM
“Emotion is wholly excluded from the scientific process, leaving our civilisation completely unprotected against the unchecked development of dangerous technologies”
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James Webb Space Telescope’s infrared view of the Pillars of Creation
December 15, 2024 at 6:46 AM
James Webb Space Telescope’s infrared view of the Pillars of Creation
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“What lies at the origin of civilisational collapse, the climate crisis and ecological overshoot is the manufactured belief that all nature which lies outside of human civilisation is raw, inferior and inherently hostile to us”
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Beyond The Petri Dish: Human Consciousness in the Time of Collapse, Apathy and Algorithms
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December 15, 2024 at 6:27 AM
“What lies at the origin of civilisational collapse, the climate crisis and ecological overshoot is the manufactured belief that all nature which lies outside of human civilisation is raw, inferior and inherently hostile to us”
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“Academic institutions have stopped learning and have prioritized profiting, making money for themselves and the corporations they partner with”
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How Human Supremacy Killed the Search For Knowledge
Manufactured narratives of conflict and supremacy pervade every aspect of human civilisation, even the very areas tasked specifically with questioning, challenging and reframing toxic narratives we…
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December 14, 2024 at 7:01 AM
“Academic institutions have stopped learning and have prioritized profiting, making money for themselves and the corporations they partner with”
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“When knowledge becomes a business, it is not knowledge anymore. It is the propaganda of those who sponsor it”
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How Human Supremacy Killed the Search For Knowledge
Manufactured narratives of conflict and supremacy pervade every aspect of human civilisation, even the very areas tasked specifically with questioning, challenging and reframing toxic narratives we…
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December 14, 2024 at 7:06 AM
“When knowledge becomes a business, it is not knowledge anymore. It is the propaganda of those who sponsor it”
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“In this dystopia, even humans themselves have become products: they need to be bought and sold so that they can exist. They need to be used to have a purpose. And they need to lie about themselves in order to be loved”
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Frankenpolitics: How Global Capital Broke Democracy and Social Movements
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December 14, 2024 at 5:54 AM
“In this dystopia, even humans themselves have become products: they need to be bought and sold so that they can exist. They need to be used to have a purpose. And they need to lie about themselves in order to be loved”
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