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Cyberpunk emerged as both a literary movement and philosophical intervention in early 1980s America, crystallizing anxieties about technology, consciousness, and corporate power into a distinct aesthetic that fundamentally questioned what it means to be human. The genre's defining characteristic—"high tech, low life"—captured a future where multinational corporations...

News in brief — 10 October 2025 The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has officially declared the Christmas Island shrew (Crocidura trichura) extinct, in a Red List update released at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi. IUCN World Conservation Congress Last confirmed records of the...

There is so much to admire about Greenpeace and I have great respect for their efforts on behalf of Mother Earth, peace and environment issues over the years. Transparency is one of their guiding principles and so in that spirit this piece takes an cleareyed look at...

The Age of Overwhelm The feeling is now familiar, a low-grade hum of anxiety that accompanies the morning scroll. A headline announces another record-shattering heatwave, the image of a cracked riverbed searing itself onto the mind. A swipe reveals a new regional conflict flaring, its geopolitical tremors felt...

Listen to our five-minute insights into the life and works of Eckhart Tolle, a philosopher and practitioner who many of us admire, to get a sense of this article - Kevin Parker- Site Publisher Part I: The Man and the Moment: Biographical and Foundational Context The philosophy of Eckhart...

Abstract A cautionary tale for our times, this essay examines the environmental catastrophe of the Aral Sea, once the world's fourth-largest lake, which has lost 90% of its volume due to Soviet-era irrigation projects prioritizing cotton production. The study traces the sea's transformation from a thriving ecosystem supporting...

The big idea Transhumanism is a bet that humanity can take charge of its own evolution. It is both a philosophy and a movement, resting on the conviction that our biological form is not the summit of possibility but a provisional stage. The idea is simple but sweeping:...

The essay begins with the memory of two rivers: one pulsing with life, the other choked with death. The diagnosis for many of Australia’s waterways is grim, but the prognosis is not yet written. For those of us who live in Australia there is a choice before...

1. Introduction — The Genesis of a Trustless Architecture In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, trust in centralized intermediaries—banks, clearinghouses, rating agencies—shook to the core. Into that breach emerged a provocateur: Satoshi Nakamoto’s 2008 white paper proposing Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System. That modest proposal...

In the landscape of modern education, the Rudolf Steiner or Waldorf system presents a compelling paradox. Born over a century ago from the esoteric spiritual philosophy of an Austrian clairvoyant, it has grown into the world's largest and fastest-growing independent school movement, with a presence in nearly...

Executive Summary The Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch-OR) theory represents one of the most ambitious and controversial scientific frameworks for consciousness ever proposed (1, 2). Developed in the 1990s through a collaboration between mathematical physicist Sir Roger Penrose and anesthesiologist Stuart Hameroff, Orch-OR challenges the dominant paradigm that consciousness...

Abstract Climate change is forcing a global redistribution of marine life, yet tracking the vanguard of this migration is challenging with traditional visual surveys that often miss rare or cryptic first arrivals. This article explores a forensic-inspired approach using environmental DNA (eDNA) to detect the genetic "fingerprints" of...