Dark Ecology: Living Inside the Mesh
Timothy Morton’s mind-bending view: in the era of hyperobjects (climate, plastics), “Nature” is gone — only strange, intimate, uncanny entanglement remains. No escape, just eerie coexistence.
Steps
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- Reading· ~10 min
Hyperobjects, Coexistence, and the End of Away
What dark ecology demands of us once we accept that we are inside the mesh.
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- Text Explore· ~8 min
The Mesh and Hyperobjects
Explore Morton's core concepts for radical ecological entanglement.
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- Argument Map· ~10 min
Against 'Nature,' For the Mesh
Map Morton's argument from the failure of the Nature-concept to dark ecological ethics.
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- Dialogue· ~10 min
Dialogue with Morton
Press Morton on whether dark ecology leads to action or despair.
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- Reflection· ~8 min
Reflection: Your Place in the Mesh
Sit with the uncanny reality of ecological entanglement.
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