Category: Philosophy (page 2)

Solarpunk

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What started as pure aesthetic has become social underground with books and manifestos building an optimistic ideological movement providing much needed hope for the future.

What started as pure aesthetic has become social underground with books and manifestos building an ideological movement that is picking up speed and inspiring many across generations. But what spurred this movement? How does it provide that much needed hope as an antidote to the trials and tribulations of the current day?

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What if There is Nothing After?

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What if there really is nothing after? You close your eyes, fall off your perch and then, nothing. No more sense of self, no Valhalla, no pearly gates, or even the eternal torment of hell. What happens to your values if it turns out there is no weighing of hearts against feathers, no ledger of…

AILS: Capitalism

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Assumptions Before I began my quest to learn about one of (if not the) most prevalent economic systems in the world, I had some very specific ideas about what capitalism was. Firstly, I thought that capitalism’s main aim was to redistribute wealth amongst the population. Secondly, I thought it was the only market based economic…

No Language

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I worry there isn’t words to describe the depth of my feelings. One four letter word isn’t enough. It feels too small, too fragile, to contain such an ache. A strand that cuts through to the very core of my soul and anchors me to you. The breadth of comfort with you, the depth of…

Knowledge is Power – Society is Weak

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Never more true than today, knowledge is power. Or more aptly in today’s world the ability to provide & control the flow of knowledge is power. Recently there’s been several large course corrections occur, several years too late but hey, better late than never as the saying goes. This highlights one of the biggest and…

The Worker Bee

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Do what you’re told, follow the rules, don’t over step your bounds, stay in your lane. The true cornerstone of modern enslavement to work. “We can’t all live our dreams”, why is that? Because then we’d have to change, to collectively actually think and enact a way all people could realistically achieve a base standard…

Burnout

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After several months of near constant stressing about work deadlines & topsy-turvy project schedules, I finally came to terms with the fact that I had burnout. Recently I’ve had a growing sense of apathy & general disinterest towards work. A deep feeling that I can only describe as a feeling of treading water, with no hope…

Galliventurer – Dreaming of a Universe

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n. Galliventurer – one who adventures whilst gallivanting. We have a name. A compound of the words gallivanter & adventurer it fits the game quite nicely. It will also be the name of the player’s ship (though, you may be able to have many ships throughout the game). Also trying something a little different for…