Collapse

When cars became more fuel-efficient, we didn’t save on fuel – we just made cars bigger and drove more. This phenomenon is called the ‘Jevons Paradox’, named after economist William Stanley Jevons who observed in 1865 that more efficient coal use led to more consumption, not less.

Conspiratorial thinking is no longer just for the tinfoil-hat crowd. The very structure of the internet encourages a kind of hyper-paranoia, where every piece of content feels like it’s leading somewhere bigger.

The way platforms serve us information—fractured, unpredictable, contextless—creates a feeling of constant destabilisation. What’s real?... See more

Destruction and renewal are part of the same cycle. Indigenous knowledge has always understood this. It’s not about avoiding collapse – it’s about preparing for regeneration.

– Mellisa K. Nelson

If intelligence is no longer measured by the depth of our understanding but by the speed of our retrieval, are we truly expanding our cognitive potential—or simply surrendering to the illusion of knowing?

The internet has conditioned us to constantly seek new information, as if becoming a sponge of bad news will eventually yield the final piece of a puzzle. But there is also such a thing as having enough information.