corporate greed
Apple was never pro-creative
Dear friends,
Do you remember the glory days of Apple as the underdog? From early scrapes with Microsoft, through years
Aidan Cornelius-Bell
Kaurna Yarta
I’m a social scientist and activist looking to create systemic change that serves the proletariat. I care about compassion, justice, genuine equity, reciprocity and radical social change.
capitalist greed
The normalisation of greed
Dear friends,
Not a day goes by where the direct affects of “line may only go up” capitalism doesn’t
Lead paint, entitlement and a generational class-backslide
Dear friends,
I have a colleague, lets call them Geoff, who has worked for the University for 15 years. They
professional narcissism
Despotism and cynicism: a combination for the ages
Dear friends,
Not a day goes by that it doesn’t feel increasingly painful to observe the tyranny of despots.
When ideology shapes ontology
Dear friends,
Today I have a bit of a wondering rant about the way the world has -become- and how
Health and capital
Dear friends,
Healthcare in South Australia is deeply broken. This has lasted through successive governments, and is only getting worse.
A tolerable internet
Dear friends,
We’re living in a strange world of technological “innovation” on the world wide web. After Web 2.
fascism
The end of education and the rise of the fascist Australian Labor Party
Dear friends,
Another day in hell. In the last fortnight we have seen: the ALP eject an elected member over
capitalism in 2024
No men only kings and gods
Dear friends,
Just what in the fiery circles of hell is happening.
The United States’ Supreme Court has effectively ruled
surveillance capitalism
I don’t have anything to hide
Dear friends,
I can’t evade the growing news of increasing government surveillance of citizens internet usage. In the US,
Negative distraction
Dear friends,
I have been thinking about negative distraction since our last idea. Essentially stemming from the notion of capital’
capitalism
Infectious and competitive mindsets
Dear friends,
Participation in civil society demands capitalist participation. Indeed, as I have discussed elsewhere we are ontologically infused with
linux
Open soure software and a transition to Linux
Dear friends,
Some of you will know I am a long time open source software supporter. I have even dabbled
marxism
An empty corporate shell
Dear friends,
I have a nugget of thought in my brain which doesn’t want to go away. So here
AI
AI accessibility, or global heat death?
Dear friends,
Yesterday I was listening to one, amidst a litany, technology podcast. They were asserting, like the cacophony, that
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