Using the strange case of an Australian Halloween as a central analogy, let's look at how global capitalism flattens time and place, severing our rituals from their history and ecological context to sell them back to us as hollow commodities.
Read MoreWhen Axon interviews Lyra, he’s forced to confront the limits of his own worldview. The act of documentation becomes a mirror, reflecting more of himself than of her.
Read MoreMy writing explores a spectrum of ideas, from sociological fulfillment to urban fantasy politics. Rather than following a set formula, my creative process is akin to a dialogue with authors whose works I enjoy, using thematic parallels to their works to frame my own character-driven, philosophical narratives.
Read MoreNo amount of guilt or buying things can repair the damage capitalism inflicts on our sense of community, purpose, and genuine connection.
I aim to answer one simple question: Do androids dream of original ideas? To answer this question, we’ll go back to when I was desperately trying to put together a talk about AI and creativity....
We're taught that history's greatest victories for justice were won through peaceful protest and moral persuasion, but every right we take for granted was secured through economic disruption, militant resistance, and the credible threat of violence. By sanitising our history, we've convinced ourselves to protest in ways designed to be safely ignored.
Some thoughts on how sousveillance—surveillance from below—can be used by ordinary people using smartphones and digital tools to monitor power structures rather than simply being monitored by them.
Complex post-traumatic stress disorder is often the result of surviving family systems designed around control rather than care. We'll examine how narcissistic family dynamics create the patterns that define CPTSD, and why understanding these systems is important for recognition and healing.
The Monday morning ritual perpetuates our acceptance of an economic system where artificial hierarchies determine worth rather than actual contribution. What we would do with our time if survival wasn't dependent on selling our labour?
Is individual boundary-setting is the root cause of modern social isolation? Or perhaps we're placing unfair responsibility on isolated individuals while ignoring the structural changes needed for genuine community.
Thoughts from my journey with multiple neurobiological challenges—from the cyclical darkness of premenstrual suffering to the everyday realities of neurodivergence—through the struggles within and the systems that compound them.
Assumptions inherited in code reinforce societal inequalities, and ethical accountability necessitates identifying hidden biases in systems and redesigning developer education to prioritise human dignity over technical convenience.
Lian infiltrates Omnicorp's necrotic server farms, wielding transgenic kudzu—gene-edited to devour corporate algorithms and birth mangrove ecosystems from collapsing financial infrastructures.
A mix of thoughts on writing struggles, clinging to a blog name despite the AI takeover, and finding joy in solving both big and ridiculously small problems. No tidy conclusions, just a human figuring things out one word (or game theory web app) at a time.
"Capitalist realism" can help us understand why it's so hard to imagine life beyond capitalism. From cooperative success stories to recent economic crises, we'll challenge some common myths about human nature and explore how we might start imagining different possibilities for our future.