Ignorance will forever define humanity as a species. We have long evolved to be the Artificial Ape, to borrow one…
The Gulag System and Plastic
The world of the past is a grievously unpleasant place, and humanity, that aberrant yammering ape, would do well to…
Automattic (sic) Alert System for Men
The crack laboratory wing of the worldwide “The Futilist” conglomerate has teamed with Raytheon/Honeywell IRPA (intermediate Research) to announce a…
Stupidity Machine
The carbon dioxide molecule was riding along on Industrial Revolution’s expansion of carbon-based energy usage to transportation, war material, agriculture,…
If Rodents Were as Idiotic as Humans
DEAR SQUIRREL JESUS: Hear our squirrel prayer. Please let us get across the road without getting flattened. Amen. Now go…
US Twelth Circuit of Appeals Issues Major Win for Music Consumers in “Payback” Case
In a sharply worded affirmation decided 3-2, the US Twelfth Circuit of Appeals has granted a major case in favor…
One-Hit Wonders
During the 1970s, after the seismic aftershocks of the momentous Sixties were still reverberating, American culture opened up to popular…
70’s California Noir Nihilism
Fiction demands the suspension of disbelief, which is why only California can suffice as the mis en scene for any…
David Michaels’ “The Triumph of Doubt” – More Evidence for Futilism?
David Michaels’ “The Triumph of Doubt” is unassailable – this is a wonderful, accessible, yet deeply grounded work of social…
On the Virtues of Not Growing
Ads? Cookies? “Trusted third-party networks”? Who knows what kind of insidious associated corporatized techvirus gets spiked into your readerly DNA…
