Mark Kernan

Mark Kernan is an independent researcher, part-time lecturer, and writer. He has written for Global Policy Journal, CounterPunch, The Ecologist and Open Democracy. He tweets at @markkernan1.

Once we searched Google, now Google searches us

Mark Kernan reviews Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff.

By Mark Kernan

/ 6 May 2019

Once we searched Google, now Google searches us

Brexiteers, backstops, and the bloody Irish border

How casually the Brexiteers dismiss the issues around the Irish border and the peace process. But for many, they can never be forgotten.

By Mark Kernan

/ 22 Nov 2018

Myth and dystopia in the Anthropocene

The sleeping ice giants of Antarctica are stirring. Will we wake up before they devour us?

By Mark Kernan

/ 5 Dec 2017

In praise of melancholia

Without knowing the extremes of sadness and joy we can never fully know or feel all that life is.

By Mark Kernan

/ 19 Apr 2017