“Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.” ― Arthur Schopenhauer, The Basis of Morality Right about now, I should be living, if not the best years of my life…

I saw this morning that my friend Stephen Jenkinson has decided to withdraw from the limelight — at least for now. I can’t say I blame him. Being troubled aloud for all those years must have taken its psychic toll. But it got me wondering — as is my way…

So here’s the thing. There is an industry devoted to spiritual awakening or finding salvation in the afterlife — and that’s not to besmirch either — but if you think it’s the solution to our anthropocentric woes, I worry for you. Take Buddhism (it’s always a moot point if it’s…

I’m trying to get a handle on how we’ve arrived at such a parlous position in our anthropocentric history. But it’s obvious. We’ve made it this way. Year upon year. And yet, there’s always this sense that we might undo our past mistakes. Trouble is, we’re so far down the…

How else do I say this? We’re dead and buried. The unfolding climate catastrophe and extreme loss of biodiversity will see to that. If you think otherwise, then you’re either living on a different planet (unlikely) or you’re hopelessly out of touch with the human condition (more than likely). Then…

Don’t get me wrong. Sometimes we’ve no choice… but? If money wasn’t an issue, either because we hadn’t backed ourselves into a debt-ridden corner or it wasn’t our raison dêtre, then what? We’d all be artists? I don’t know. But I’d like to think that workplace temerity, ennui and depression…

“When you win, say nothing, when you lose say less.” ― Wayne Gretzky This isn’t the post I intended to write. I do want to write about the ‘s’ word — I know it’s going to unsettle a few people — but I still need to gather my thoughts before…

“In short, when the non-human world manifests itself to us in these ambivalent ways, more often than not our response is to recuperate that non-human world into whatever the dominant, human-centric worldview is at the time.” ― Eugene Thacker, In the Dust of This Planet: Horror of Philosophy vol. 1 …

“Is it possible that existence is our exile and nothingness our home?” ― Emil Cioran, Tears and Saints In case it’s not blindingly obvious, I’ve fallen out of love with the human race. Why? Well, what’s to like about us/them? Nothing. In fact, you have to ask yourself why a…