Just as with circus freaks, perhaps the show must finally end. The picture above is of a orange-speckled bear at Tennoji Zoo in central Osaka, Japan. …

An unprecedented backlash against technocratic power. For close to three years now — since the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic originating in the city of Wuhan — Chinese citizens have faced severe restrictions to their movements and incessant curtailments to their previous way of life. Around the time that the…

Most people in the West are familiar with the expression of someone being born ‘with a sliver spoon in their mouths,’ implying that they have been raised in immense privilege with a wealthy family who have set them up for life. South Koreans, as it turns out, use a similar…

The East German Stasis’ Wet Dream Realized. The 2016 US presidential elections shall remain memorable for a number of reasons, the least of which is evoking a pivotal turning point in the intersection between technology and politics. For all his flaws, Donald Trump understood well that the nature of communications…

In an age of supposed globalization, when nations have become more interdependent and corporations more interconnected than ever, the freedom of the movement of individuals across borders and state lines has, paradoxically, been restricted and curtailed to an unprecedented degree. Sure, capital is borderless and can move at liberty. Companies…

A civilization running on fumes….. ‘To be burned out is to be used up, like a battery so depleted that it can’t be recharged. In people, unlike batteries, it is said to produce the defining symptoms of “burnout syndrome”: exhaustion, cynicism, and loss of efficacy. Around the world, three out…

Through the objects we collect, cherish, store or leave behind. Nobody wants to be forgotten. It’s an innate human need to feel as though we have left a legacy of some kind, or a mark upon this earth; something to remind others that we indeed lived, loved, laughed and cried…

A diresome sh*tshow in the making…. In a lethargic re-run of the 2016 top hits, Trump cites the “caravan” of immigrants, a failing economy and supposedly out of control rates of crime as his reason for attempting to break a world record — that is, for first ex-president presidential nominee…

12 Policies and Practices to Emulate…. and 12 to Avoid. There’s no denying that this South Asian island nation is uniquely rich in a plethora of ways; aesthetically, culturally, linguistically and otherwise. …