The Fire Bringers
Karen Elias explores how our mythological worship of gods has found a new home, AI and technological “progress.”
Please, Stop Considering the Environment
John Mulrow explores the importance of focusing on the proverbial forest of ecological change rather than the trees of individual actions.
The Parable of the Talent Bots
The master of the house gives his AI servants the money and opportunity to grow his fortunes.
An Actual Gaian Interpretation of the World
Responding to an essay that makes some inaccurate assumptions about Gaianism.
The Wonders of the Hydrogen Economy
Imagining our utopian transition to a hydrogen-powered future—and its consequences.
This Week on the Latest Episode of “Bubbles:” Cryptomania
Cryptocurrency is absurd. Admittedly, lucrative (currently) but destroying the planet. And it will eventually become worthless.
Lessons for the Climate Conflict from the Afghanistan Withdrawal
Exploring the eerie parallels between geoengineering and the war in Afghanistan
Reflecting on the Modern Myth of Narcissus
An exploration of media addiction and an entirely new meaning of “cancel culture”
Where’s Dirk Gently When You Need Him?
A holistic investigation of the Suez Canal mishap.
Playing Russian Roulette…with 92,000 Chambers
Should we really be frightened of getting vaccinated? Or should we be excited?
Are Environmentalists No Wiser than Monkeys Reaching for the Moon?
Grasping at green energy illusions will not bring about a sustainable future.
Radium Girls…and Lithium Boys?
A thread of toxic dental floss weaves radium poisoning, Teflon, the Green New Deal, defense contractors, and a scifi novel together into a tapestry of two futures.