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Interconnected Earth

We are a publication dedicated to exploring how life on Earth is deeply interconnected. From mental health and global events to art, philosophy, culture, and beyond, we examine how seemingly separate issues influence one another and shape the world we all share. Our goal is to uncover the threads that connect personal experience with global systems, helping readers better understand the complex, intertwined nature of our planet.

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Moral Fatigue in the Age of Advanced Information: Understanding, Surviving, and Responding

InterconnectedEarth1 month ago1 month ago010 mins

Since 2020, the world has experienced an unprecedented cascade of historic events—pandemic, political upheavals, wars, climate disasters, social movements, economic shifts, and rapid technological transformation. These collective experiences have not only shaped global history, they have also exerted extraordinary psychological and emotional pressure on individuals around the world. As news cycles compress and digital platforms flood us with information, many people find themselves exhausted not just physically, but morally and emotionally. This state—commonly described as moral fatigue or compassion fatigue—is increasingly recognized as a widespread response to continuous exposure to global crises.

Are Food Dyes Dying Out? Why America Might Finally Be Trading Chemicals for Science

InterconnectedEarth2 months ago2 months ago18 mins

Walk down any American grocery aisle and you are surrounded by color. Neon reds, radioactive blues, fluorescent yellows—foods engineered to look louder than nature ever intended. These colors are not incidental. They are synthetic food dyes, petroleum-derived chemicals designed to make processed food more appealing, more marketable, and more addictive. For decades, they have been…

Dollar bill partially buried in soil, showing that shrinkflation is costing us.

How Much Shrinkflation Is Really Costing Americans

InterconnectedEarth2 months ago2 months ago09 mins

Shrinkflation has become one of the most persistent and least transparent forces shaping household budgets in the United States. Unlike rent hikes or interest rate increases, it does not arrive as a single shock. There is no clear moment when it “hits.” Instead, it embeds itself into daily life through smaller packages, shorter product lifespans,…

Philosophy in Motion: How Ideas and History Shape Each Other

InterconnectedEarth2 months ago2 months ago09 mins

Philosophy is often imagined as something distant and abstract—an academic exercise confined to old books, lecture halls, or debates that feel removed from everyday life. For many people, it conjures images of ancient thinkers arguing over obscure questions, disconnected from the urgent realities of work, politics, survival, and change. But this perception misses the true nature of philosophy entirely.

The November Jobs Report Is Bad — and It Still Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story

InterconnectedEarth2 months ago2 months ago08 mins

Even with October’s missing jobs report, November’s numbers are strange — and they still don’t show the full picture, the November jobs report is bad. Yes, the data is weak. Yes, the outlook is deteriorating. But thanks to the government shutdown, delayed data collection, structural labor shifts, and long-building demographic pressures, this report captures only part of what is actually happening in the economy.

A partially submerged road sign with a traffic light symbol standing in floodwater, representing infrastructure failure and environmental risk

Energy At Home: How Power Production Endangers Houses, Health, and the People Inside Them

InterconnectedEarth2 months ago2 months ago19 mins

Climate change is almost always framed as something external. Rising seas threaten coastlines. Heat waves strain cities. Droughts reshape agriculture. Wildlife migrates or disappears. The impacts are serious, but they are often described as happening out there—to ecosystems, to distant regions, to future generations. What receives far less attention is how the energy system itself—independent…

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The Day the Dream Factory Got Bought Out — What Netflix Means for Hollywood

InterconnectedEarth2 months ago2 months ago06 mins

What this means for Hollywood? This acquisition beyond Wall Street and shareholder value, this deal raises urgent questions about creativity, access, and what it means to make — and watch — films in America.