UnPlanetary
By UnPlanetary, I mean the changes that occurred on this Planet, which were made by humans and are not part of the planetary changes. UnPlanetary is a phenomenon of today's Patchy Anthropocentric timeline. UnPlantery should be used in place of 'unnatural'. In this patchy anthropocentric timeline, human intervention has profoundly altered the state and being of this planet. The anthropocentric epoch has begun, as humanity began taking UnPlanetary actions on this planet.
Planet Earth has its own system of being, of existing in the known universe. It has been sustaining itself for billions of years. Until colonialization, fueled by European industrialization, happened. That historical reality marked the start of the UnPlanetary actions by the humans. Fossil fuels were never meant to be extracted, greenhouse gas levels were not supposed to increase this quickly, and the planet's temperature should not have crossed the tipping point on this timeline. With all these events, humans began manipulating the planetary system and started dominating Earth with an extractive mentality. Humans are now building concrete structures, transportation megastructures, and urban areas where finding soil is as hard as finding a needle in a haystack. These actions of humans are not unnatural, but rather UnPlanetary.
To put it simply, UnPlanetary is something that did not develop itself through the planetary timeline; rather, it is something that is introduced and is marked as existing for eternity.
Planet Earth has its own system of being, of existing in the known universe. It has been sustaining itself for billions of years. Until colonialization, fueled by European industrialization, happened. That historical reality marked the start of the UnPlanetary actions by the humans. Fossil fuels were never meant to be extracted, greenhouse gas levels were not supposed to increase this quickly, and the planet's temperature should not have crossed the tipping point on this timeline. With all these events, humans began manipulating the planetary system and started dominating Earth with an extractive mentality. Humans are now building concrete structures, transportation megastructures, and urban areas where finding soil is as hard as finding a needle in a haystack. These actions of humans are not unnatural, but rather UnPlanetary.
To put it simply, UnPlanetary is something that did not develop itself through the planetary timeline; rather, it is something that is introduced and is marked as existing for eternity.
1. Dhaka city has become UnPlanetary to live in.
2. The existence of techno-fossils is UnPlanetary.
3. To create borders in the land, sea, and air of this planet is an example of UnPlanetary.
4. Due to the UnPlanetary actions of some billionaires, all beings of planet Earth are suffering.
5. To imagine a planet-wide city is the reflection of UnPlanetary thinking.
6. If we study history from a multispecies planetary perspective, we can pinpoint the exact moment humans began their mass UnPlanetary actions and thinking.
7. A mouse dying on the highway while being run down by a moving car is an example of UnPlanetary Death.
8. Yesterday, I got an UnPlanetary heat stroke while being stuck in a traffic jam under the scorching heat. The heat became unbearable not only because of the sun's intensity, but also because the concrete and tin-boxed public transport heated the road into a boiling ground.
2. The existence of techno-fossils is UnPlanetary.
3. To create borders in the land, sea, and air of this planet is an example of UnPlanetary.
4. Due to the UnPlanetary actions of some billionaires, all beings of planet Earth are suffering.
5. To imagine a planet-wide city is the reflection of UnPlanetary thinking.
6. If we study history from a multispecies planetary perspective, we can pinpoint the exact moment humans began their mass UnPlanetary actions and thinking.
7. A mouse dying on the highway while being run down by a moving car is an example of UnPlanetary Death.
8. Yesterday, I got an UnPlanetary heat stroke while being stuck in a traffic jam under the scorching heat. The heat became unbearable not only because of the sun's intensity, but also because the concrete and tin-boxed public transport heated the road into a boiling ground.
UnPlanetary by Shopnil Chowdhury April 27, 2026
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