The Most Dangerous Story Ever Told: Ecological Collapse, Progress, and Human Destiny

We were born here and we are meant to die here. That is our destiny. It always was. We can either embrace it, or we can continue to deny it, to tell ourselves wishful stories about interstellar travel and making a home for humans on other planets, and thereby hasten our extinction.

Climate Change, EnvironmentalismJohn HalsteadOctober 5, 2022progress, Interstellar, humanity, space travel, civilizational collapse, ecological collapse Comments

We Are Not Against Civilization, Civilization is Against Us

Today, as the cautionary tale that we have become, it’s not too late to start putting this planet back in our sights, even if it means looking at something uncomfortable and un-rescuable.

Anarchism, Cultural Commentary, Colonialism, EditorialMirna Wabi-SabiAugust 19, 2020indigenous, Colonization, civilization, civilizational collapse, Anti-Civilisation Comment

“Damn Dirty Humans!”: ‘Planet of the Humans’ and Progressive Denial

“The film is asking us to come to terms with some difficult realities which we have yet to face: namely, that sustaining our infinite growth, industrial civilization on renewables is neither desirable nor possible, yet that is exactly what green capitalists are intent on pursuing.”