Society

In the mid-15th century, when Johannes Gutenberg began experimenting with movable type, the scribes who had spent their lives copying manuscripts by hand could not have known they were witnessing the end of their profession. The texts maintained a small continuity, circulating the same liturgies and legal canons that had always…
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Sweden was long considered a model state of the liberal North: modern and safe. But this image has now taken on a completely new meaning. For the very country that ranks among the highest in the world for the acceptance of implanted microchips now wants to electronically monitor children – even if they have not committed any crime.…
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Virtual communication platforms Instagram and YouTube have a design defect, which means they are addictive, a jury in the U.S. has ruled The Los Angeles jury took nearly nine days to reach its verdict in the landmark case brought by a woman known as K.G.M. against virtual communication platforms. It awarded $3 million in damages, with…
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After nearly a century as a staple of reading culture, the mass market paperback, once the most widely circulated and affordable book format, is nearing extinction. Mass market paperbacks are a type of book format designed for widespread distribution and affordability, typically priced between $5 and $8, and are usually printed on…
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U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has unveiled new dietary guidelines that radically redefine the government's advice on what Americans should eat, inverting the traditional food pyramid and declaring an end to what he calls decades of corporate-driven deception. The new guidelines, effective through 2030, were announced…
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In a world where centralized power grids are increasingly weaponized tools of control and vulnerability, the simple act of lighting a room becomes a profound declaration of independence. The crumbling infrastructure, orchestrated blackouts, and the corrupt institutions that profit from public dependence have forced awakened citizens to…
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Network cities – also known as city-states or technates – are technocrats' playground for alternative societies where anything is possible. Funded entirely by technocratic billionaires, they make their own laws, with decisions made by scientific decree and without political discourse. They are free to pursue the transhumanist dream of…
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Phones, towers, satellites and household devices constantly bombard people and the planet with electromagnetic radiation. Scientists have warned for decades that technological “progress” causes physical, psychic and spiritual harm, yet society keeps buying into convenience while ignoring the dangers. My semi-rural New England town…
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Consider the possibility that humanity is divided into three types of people: conformists, who represent the vast majority; a relatively small number of mavericks (unconventional and independent human beings who do not think or behave in the same way as most people); and psychopaths. As a civilization rises, the mavericks lead by…
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