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Technology essays for readers tired of both hype and panic. We look at AI, surveillance capitalism, privacy, digital identity, and the slow rewiring of attention by platforms — with care for what these systems do to ordinary inner life.

5 essays
Technology

The Quiet Architecture of AI Surveillance

Modern surveillance does not announce itself. It is woven into the conveniences we have already agreed to.

Editorial · May 31, 2026 · 7 min read
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Privacy Is Not Secrecy

The most common argument against privacy — "I have nothing to hide" — confuses two very different things.

Editorial · May 31, 2026 · 5 min read
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Digital Identity and the Self That Scales

Your username is not you. But over years, the distinction begins to blur in directions that deserve attention.

Editorial · May 31, 2026 · 6 min read
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The Effects of Social Media on the Shape of Thought

It is not only what we think about that has changed. It is the texture of thinking itself.

Editorial · May 31, 2026 · 8 min read
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Attention Is the Resource

A pessimistic note on the only finite thing you actually own.

Editorial · May 31, 2026 · 4 min read
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