tētēma's Anthony Pateras: There's a direct correlation between the indiscriminate destruction of nature and the indiscriminate deaths of humans

"In a nutshell, I feel the fact that most people live their lives half inside a screen, probably made by a slave, is a very weird thing. I feel the fact that most people have so willingly forfeited control over most of their lives to bunch of self-interested Californian billionaires is a completely insane" - Australian musician Anthony Pateras told the Quietus in an interesting interview about the theme of the latest album by tētēma, his collaborative project with Mike Patton. He elaborates further on: "I feel the cost of social media is not free; it takes a massive toll on the mental health of everyone who uses it, in turn making them not only anxious and depressed, but extremely distracted and self-absorbed. I feel this has resulted in otherwise intelligent human beings doing and saying stupid and cruel shit to each other like always, but just a lot faster and in public. Lastly, when I’ve been very outspoken about this at various points, I've received looks of bewilderment in return, because people say it helps them remain ‘connected’. People were connected before corporations sold our friendships back to us!".