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…
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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…
Work in progress – an update
If I had two molecules of dopamine to rub together, here is where I would be writing. If only as a place to draft articles to upload somewhere people actually are. Writing is the sad casualty of my adventure into…
Avoiding news media (somehow)
One of the problems with a Trump presidency is that it wears the rest of us down. It is so depressing reading all these ridiculous headlines day after day. But it is impossible to avoid it in the news media.…
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…
this time on wednesday
The US election, hey? It feels so tight for a situation where so much is at stake. A truly terrifying moment in history. I was pondering the consequences today. Yikes!
Not so nice reflections on our fascination with technology
Human society seems to be sliding ever closer to a very strange place where technological devices and screens are more interesting to us than human interaction. As someone who works on the web some of the time, and uses it…
Melbourne, I love you
At least I have my city. This city fills my soul and makes me feel like I belong somewhere in the world. All these subtle connections, The people I see day to day around my neighbourhood, They are a comforting…
For everyone a home
What is the scenario in Australia’s housing market right now. I read the news. I read the article twice actually. Housing affordability has never been worse. Particularly for first home buyers. . . The interesting point that I could not…