After another distraction formed by a notification from Substack, I have turned the notifications off. I love Substack with a passion. It has been my salvation during all these months when I have felt the need to close this site.…
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The distressing reality of what is actually happening today
Please be advised that the following clip is very distressing to watch. I am not sure what can be gained by writing about it on a tiny site that no one reads, but it is the smallest step I can…
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…
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!