Text by Zaar Riisberg
We do it to ourselves. Systems, ideologies and religion. State terror in corporate souls. We have always been told in advance, but instead of heeding wisdom imparted to us, we make damn sure that doomsday becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. We were told that polluting the earth would bite us in the ass, and here we are. Same with 'fake news', social media and identity theft. Same with what the internet might also bring forth. We know everything is bought and sold on this planet - and I do mean everything. We were warned, we are warned and we continue to allow it.
Humans are beings of light with a supreme knack for being monsters. In the throes of ambivalence there is no let up, though, no safe corner - only fear and stress. As a group we are bile, but there are some outstanding individuals. People can be likeable, if they rise above humanity. Too often, alas, it is said monster that rears its ugly head.
Nuclear power is an ambivalent beast too. It is Pandora's Box sated with endless possibilities - however, it is humans handling the box, and not with care. Something that should have been a blessing for mankind (don't make me write 'personkind'), yet it continues to invoke horror in a lot of people, because safety is not really always a concern for people that want to make a buck.
We won't see the rest of Sol (the solar system we live in has a name, you know?) up close without it - so what do we do? How do we proceed? Does anyone fucking care?