Shoaib Shafi

is a writer based out of Srinagar. He writes for “The Independent”, “Jacobin”, the “South China Morning Post” and “New Internationalist”, among others.
Earth Alienation
World + People
Outer Space

Earth Alienation

In early 2020, Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched its first human passengers into space. What might an essay written by Hannah Arendt in the 1960s tell us about the commercialization of outer space?
Shoaib Shafi