Article: How the Social Justice Movement Fuels Corporate Capitalism
This excellent article shows the influence of corporations on the social justice movement, which has been less concerned with class than with race, gender or sexual orientation lately – even
Article: The lie of the land
Paul Kingsnorth is at it again: He explains why he, as an environmentalist, voted yes for leaving the EU, and presents excellent arguments to show the hypocrisy of environmentalists being
Article: Lessons of the Hermit
People need wilderness to stay sane. Some people have enough and just go and live there. This is an interesting story about a man who lived in the forest for
Article: Healthiest hearts in the world found
Scientists now found the healthiest hearts in the world – of course among a primitive tribe. The Tsimane people of Bolivia are horticulturalists and hunters, who have a relatively high
Article: Professor Caveman
A college teacher who knows what’s good, fun and important: Bill Schindler teaches primitive skills. Interesting to read, seems like it is not that unrealistic to get people interested in
Article: We can’t vertically farm our way into a techno-utopia
We view hydro/aeroponics and vertical farms very skeptically. It is the most unnatural way to grow food, and it is probably the highest form of domestication of plants, depriving them
Article: Resist the Internet
And yet another column that reminds us to use technology wisely and seldom, if at all. As the negative effects of smartphones, the internet and especially “social” media slowly unfold,
Article: What does it mean to be a human?
The Neanderthals were quite fascinating, and, as the article shows, still have influence on us today – via our genetics. People with European descent have between one and four per
Essay: Dark Ecology
One of the greatest essays I have read recently – so great, in fact, that I read it several times. Paul Kingsnorth makes good case against technology and the cult
Article: Neanderthal dental tartar reveals plant-based diet – and drugs
In contrast to popular opinion, neanderthals were not the stupid, club-swinging brutes we are told they were, but they had a sophisticated culture, were among the first humans of whom