The Nature of the Unnatural

Consider: we think of paper when made by human beings as an artificial substance – a relatively benign one, but artificial nonetheless – but when made by wasps for a nest, the paper is natural. Every building is artificial, but a beaver dam is clearly natural. A tool made by an octopus or a crow feels more “natural” than something made by a human.

Analysis, Written by: CameronCameron SummersDecember 16, 2020Ecology, Anti-Civilization, Bellamy Fitzpatrick, Bruce Sterling, tomorrow now, Cara Dagget, Petro-Masculinity, Masculinity, Essentialism, Mad Max: Fury Road, Adam Curtis, All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace, EpistemologyComment

Buried in the Tombs of their Luxury SUVs: Notes on Exterminism

Because if we're all going to die then we might as well die in luxury SUVs with fuel economy measured in gallons per mile with the Pixar movie Cars playing in the back seat so the kids don't notice that they're breathing in poison.

Political, Written by: CameronCameron SummersSeptember 18, 2019anticapitalism, climate change, epistemic crisis, Four Futures, Peter Frase, bruce sterling, tomorrow now, bhopal, Blade Runner, Exterminism, Mad Max: Fury Road Comments