Essay: On the personhood of plants
Estimated reading time: 30 min. On the personhood of plants …and our relationship with them David B Lauterwasser “Here I stand in awe, deeply moved by the sheer beauty you
Essay: What Does the World Dream?
Today’s long read: Ramon Elani gives us a great introduction to poet Robinson Jeffers’ works, who draws the correct conclusions as to what our place in this universe is and
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: The Data That Turned the World Upside Down
The long read: Welcome to Dystopia “Anyone who has not spent the last five years living on another planet will be familiar with the term Big Data. Big Data means,
Article: Ted Kaczynski And Why He Matters
The long read: Without Kaczynski I wouldn’t be where I am today. His famous manifesto (“Industrial Society and Its Future”) got me started on my path, he showed me that
Article: Why You Should Take Your Kids Out of School
The long read: School is not the best option if you want to raise smart, creative, happy kids. A growing movement of unschoolers believes that life itself is the best
Article: The Scientists Who Make Apps Addictive
The long read: We are increasingly being enslaved in a quite serious fashion by the very machines designed (or at least intended) to help us. We are powerless, it is
Article: How the Super Rich Prepare for Collapse
The long read: As the inevitable collapse of globalized civilization makes its way into the mainstream, those who are privileged enough to have had a decent education and now work
Article: An Isolated Tribe Emerges from the Rain Forest
The long read I read this story three times already because I find it so fascinating. It gives you insights in the brutal history of Brazil, as well as details