How do people come here to Australia from foreign countries and integrate into our society? I am wondreing about the basic infrastructure like getting a job, and housing and things like that. It seems that people from less wealthy countries…
Category: Sociology
not happy out there
Drats! Why are the sharks so vicious in NSW right now? three attacks in two days? What is going on? Are they hungry? Are they angry about something. It makes me think about a mistake I made recently. And another…
The bigger picture
The news has been pretty bad for a while. And all the things that have been happening lately are further consolidating the resources of the uber rich, to the detriment of the people and our planet. It feels like the…
Farm their planet!!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOCugr0D54G/?igsh=dHI1N3Bpd3J0ZGZy Well that IS good news!! g ood for the KIDS!!! ((ouchies))
Beyond the force of ANGER
Love. We need MORE OF IT! Generally speaking (I hpe you don’t misunderstand me). I know it is easy to get CAUGHT up in all the terrible atrocities that are happenig n the world. On Father’s Day I saw a…
AI relationships
The problem with AI is that it sets up an unrealistic and unattainable standard for communication. I want to reach out – AI will fire back within seconds, providing me with emotional support and nourishment. It makes real life relationships…
The loneliness of collapse
Contemplating the collapse of human civilisation can feel like a very lonely business. Knowledge of what may come seeps into everyday life, making it feel darker and colder. And yet some people would say it doesn’t have to be this…
Sleep walking into it
The not so nice thing is that we are walking straight into it – into the collapse of civilisation. Because our systems are so incapable of changing course. We have already passed quite a few ecological tipping points. And from…
More thoughts on technology and relationships
When I come back to this topic of how technology is affecting our human relationships today, I am a little more optimistic. Many of us are still talking to each other. (In real life) Friendships are still happening. Bars and…
required skills for a technological age
Hanging out with my mother for a couple of days in person gives me a better understanding of what it takes to build bonds with people in a world where technology is quite obviously pulling us apart as it brings…