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Closing the Curtain on 2024
A year of The Noösphere in review, some personal updates, and what’s ahead
Well, it looks like we’ve almost made it.
And as we’re staring down the season finale of yet another chaos and horror-filled year, I can’t help but find myself — like many of us, I imagine — empathising with that character from The Three-Body Problem who decided to invite aliens to invade Earth. At least then we’d all be on the same side. For once.
In the spirit of wrapping things up, I thought I’d also take a moment to look back at my work at the Noösphere over the past year and reflect on what lies ahead in the coming one.
I promise I’ll keep it brief and sweet, though.
And there will be a picture of my feline assistant along the way.
Over the past year, I’ve written a total of 65 newsletters covering topics ranging from gender and economic inequality to public health, political polarisation, social media, consumerism, and climate change.
Some of my most popular posts include the following:
- An exploration of how the invention of the printing press fueled Europe’s witch hunts and why this serves as a cautionary tale for the digital age.
- The consequences of women shouldering most of the emotional and hermeneutic labour in romantic relationships.
- The impact of information overload on our mental and emotional…