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The Era of Work is Over

August 3, 2025

Society

capitalism, freedom, ignorance, society

Labor is dead; the era of work is over. And no, just because you are still employed in a sort-of-9-to-5 well-paying job, it doesn’t mean the statement is wrong – just as having just eaten doesn’t mean there’s no world hunger, or snowing where you are doesn’t mean there’s no such thing as climate change and global warming.

Older people still entertain certain ideas about work, the workforce, youth, and all that. Part of the problem, I guess; generation gap and all that.

When they were young, and up until the 80s and likely 90s, you could indeed walk into an office well-dressed, shake a couple of hands, and be hired on the spot. Isn’t that the stereotype? In any case, it was a largely accurate description.

No more. Work is dead. The era of work is over – also thanks to technological innovations, like AI. And the sooner we, as society, understand that, the better.

The Era of Work is Over. Collage of images depicting happy office workers and street workers.
On the left side, what American dreamers want you to think working is. On the right side, what working really is for vast portions of the global population.
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Cultures Are Disgusting

July 20, 2025

Society

experiencing, ignorance, religion, social masses, society

Yeah, that’s one of those deliberately provocative titles of mine. The thing is, the word “culture” has such diverse meanings that it makes it easy to be offended by the claim, Cultures Are Disgusting. I mean, if we talked about bacterial growth on a Petri dish – a culture – few would disagree with it!

Obviously enough, that’s not the case here – I’m not referring to bacterial growth. I also don’t try to attack being cultured, since, equally obviously, the entire existence of Home for Fiction revolves around art, philosophy, knowledge, thought.

Rather, by arguing that cultures are disgusting, I attack the prevalent societal idea of conglomerating thought, boxing identity, (de)limiting expression.

Cultures are disgusting – we can imagine hearing Slavoj Žižek saying that while watering his (?) flowers – because any given culture (and I will attempt to define it more precisely in this post) is essentially an attempt to direct your thought.

cultures are disgusting. image of unimpressed cat.
Cultures are disgusting; cats are not – guess why: because they are individuals
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Only Femininity Can Save the World

July 10, 2025

Society

feminism, ignorance, society

As I mentioned in my post on shame saving the world, it was Dostoevsky who famously claimed that beauty would perform the miracle – with a Greek blogger offering a much needed correction: Beauty will save those who can see it. But let’s see another candidate: Can femininity save the world?

In fact, fuck it; I better stand behind my words, otherwise what’s the point of uttering them: Only femininity can save the world.

Before I explain myself – I’d say the inspiration behind this idea is at least as important as the idea itself – it’s important to lay down some theoretical and conceptual foundations. “Femininity”, like “love” or “success” is a very tricky word, particularly perhaps in today’s world.

So for my purposes and the purposes of this post, I define femininity as a body of cultural knowledge. It’s the collective human history of what being a woman is (better: can be) without – and this is crucial – being limiting or exclusive to women. Any culture or body of cultural knowledge that is prescriptive rather than descriptive is disgusting.

Only Femininity Can Save the World. Photo of a woman with eyes closed.
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