humans have been haunted by the idea of the end of everything for a very, very long time. Lately, it’s been our default popular entertainment... Covid-19 changed everything... I was expecting Half-Life... not ... facing this sort of thing in snuggly socks and a dressing gown... This apocalypse is less Danny Boyle and more Douglas Adams...late capi…

Fascism’s rising while the global economy’s stagnating... And we’re…meditating? All the great spiritual masters say: everything is meditation. ... When we separate it as an activity we perform now and then, we’re not really meditating at all.... We are using the techniques of meditation ... To escape, run away, dull the pain. Like taking spir…