Kai Ochsen ⁽¹²⁸⁾

Science fiction is not a monolith. While the Western imagination often defaults to alien invasions crashing down on New York City or heroic astronauts saving humanity with impossible technology, the Eastern imagination, particularly in Russia and its neighboring countries…

Reality used to be the unquestioned foundation of human life. We interacted face-to-face, consumed art on physical media, and drew a sharp line between the tangible and the imaginary. Today, that boundary is increasingly porous. Simulation has started to replace…

You boot up your favorite shooter after work, queue into a lobby, and two minutes later you’re deleted by a headshot that feels superhuman. The killcam looks uncanny, the crosshair magnetized; your report goes in, you sigh, and you try…

Europe was once the heart of civilization, a continent that gave birth to philosophy, science, art, democracy, and human rights. For centuries, it stood as the reference point for progress and identity, a place where cultures evolved but maintained their…

In the absence of religion, modern societies have found new faiths. One of the most peculiar and profitable of these is the cult of wellness. What once meant little more than maintaining health through moderation, movement, and rest has been…