On The News that Sagittarius A* Grows Hungrier

In late 2019 astronomers discovered that Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy was getting hungrier, consuming nearby matter at a rate never before seen. We humans now dominate every inch of this planet, every ecological niche. We have enslaved every human and every species we find useful, exterminating those we do not—and yet we grow hungrier. We are our own Sagittarius A*.

Scientists and activists tell us we are reaching the tipping point, that if we don’t c...