Society

Grandparents are scoring LSD again, turning to their grandchildren to source their gear, or even the dark web, for micro-doses. Oldies are leaning about bitcoin and cryptocurrency to fund their micro-dosing habits as well the testing kit that measures  quality and dosage. It's illegal and micro-dosing is still a walk on the wild side.

Scientists have identified the violent gene - Monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A)  an enzyme that triggers  aggression. The MAOA gene –located in the X chromosome- is also known as the warrior gene, since abnormal versions of the gene often result in aggressive behaviour by individuals. Anthropologists are suggesting that this gene has ‘tribal’ memory and has infected social media, creating a more divided and aggressive society

To navigate the obstacles. we have to pass from one space to another, from certainty to uncertainty. And this transitioning between the known and the unknown lies at the heart of the neurodiverse experience of the world, a life on the threshold between being and becoming, a hyper experience of liminal space.

It’s official: weed does make you psychotic. But so do Ritalin and Prozac. Research has shown that dedicated smokers of cannabis are seventy times more likely to develop psychosis over a lifetime. And early adopters – those smoking it in adolescence – are likely to experience degraded IQ levels. In other words, smoking weed does make you crazy and dumb.

After the world opened up post pandemic, a generation of global travellers took their work with them as they explored the word and became digital nomads

With house prices rising unaffordable in many countries, fueled by a massive input of printed money by national central banking institutions, many women have resorted to dating older men, treating them as a sugar daddy or future husband. Instant gratification is the name of the game in this computer online society. Many older men are ditching their wives for a younger more attractive and initially more compliant model. But the power dynamics are changing.

Brexit came as a big shock for many people in the UK, from entrepreneurs and small business whose livelihoods depended on access to the EU single market to those whose self identity was European, not just British. And as time has past since Brexit came into full force on Jan 1st 2021, many are experiencing the five stages of grief.

In Europe where food prices and energy costs are rocketing due to the war in Ukraine and rampant inflation, many families are faced with the dilemma of either paying for food or heating. You can’t  steal heat but you can shoplift a heater.

Britain was the largest empire the world had seen, where the sun never set. The royalty commanded respect and was resplendent in pomp, pageantry and ceremony. The show looked like it would never end, a succession of episodes in the streaming Royal drama.