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Exploring the overlap between code and reason

Deep dives into tech, critical thought, creative tools, and the occasional system meltdown. If it’s complex, flawed, or misunderstood, I’m probably writing about it.

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Population by design: pandemics, fear, and the quiet control of reproduction

Population control: the balance between fear and extinction.
When life itself becomes a variable. For most of human history, the growth of populations was a mystery of nature, not a matter of administration. People lived, loved, and multiplied according to need or faith, not policy. Yet in the…
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The empathy industry and how morality turned into emotional blackmail

Emotions have become the instruments of obedience in a society that mistakes sentiment for truth.
The performance of goodness. A few years ago, kindness was something natural and quiet. It needed no witness, no camera, no audience. It existed in the silent space between human beings, an act of conscience, not choreography. Today, however,…
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Reclaiming sound: how to listen freely in the age of digital ownership

The right to listen freely defines the boundary between user control and digital dependency.
The silence of ownership. As I already posted some months ago, we live in an age where we no longer own what we buy. The phrase sounds exaggerated until one realizes that nearly every object we purchase, from a…
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The worship of the logo, luxury and the new religion of status

Luxury has evolved into a controlled ideology, a system that converts insecurity into loyalty and desire into profit.
The gospel according to the logo. There was a time when luxury meant excellence. A time when a brand name whispered rather than shouted, when craftsmanship, materials, and mastery defined worth. Those who owned such objects didn’t flaunt them;…
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The MiniDisc: the future that Sony took away from us users

The MiniDisc: the future that Sony built, perfected, and then abandoned.
A format too good to survive. A few days ago, we revisited the endless argument between analog romantics and digital realists in “No, vinyl doesn’t sound better than CD”. That discussion revealed more than a debate about audio formats; it…
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The pet food cartel and the veterinarians who sell it

The pet food cartel and how the best friend of your best friend isn’t the veterinarian.
The business behind care. There was a time when taking an animal to the veterinarian felt like an act of trust, a gesture of faith that those in white coats were guided by compassion, not commission. For many pet…
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