Tag: ted kaczynski
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The Evils of Social Media
Social media is commonly hailed to be an invention as revolutionary, as the printing press, enabling mass instantaneous communication on a global scale to anyone with internet access. Proclamations that “we are more connected than ever” are not uncommon in our technophilic society that refuses to see any issues inherent to a technology, even if…
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Not Allowed to Die
Under the boot of civilisation everything is such that it makes us want to quit life, but we’re simply not allowed to die. During a talk with Stephen Grosz, Slavoj Žižek told an anecdote of how he dealt with suicidal thoughts. He said he managed to postpone it long enough by saying to himself “OK,…
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Noam Chomsky is Wrong About Anarcho-Primitivism
Being one of the most known American anarchists, Noam Chomsky has for years been at the centre of attention. A household name, he’s become one of the most cited living authors (mostly in the linguistic field), though far too many know him only for his political activism. This is where we run into problems, because…
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Breathing in the Vapor
During my mid-teens (early 2010s) a new aesthetic/music genre gained a fair amount of traction, mostly online. While it is commonly viewed as a satirical bent on modern consumerism, I can’t help but notice vaporwave is in a way critical of more than just consumerism — vaporwave to me seems to reach far into the…
Kazimir Kharza 