Cybersecurity industry profits from fears it helps create
The cybersecurity industry has perfected a self-perpetuating business model: create the conditions for insecurity, then sell protection from the chaos they profit from maintaining.
Dating apps gamify human connection for profit extraction
The systematic transformation of intimate relationships into engagement metrics reveals how tech platforms monetize the fundamental human need for connection.
Death anxiety drives consumption through immortality purchasing attempts
How the terror of mortality gets commodified into endless purchasing decisions that promise symbolic immortality but deliver only temporary anxiety relief.
Degrowth movement ignores global development inequality realities
The degrowth movement's call for reduced consumption fundamentally misunderstands who has already consumed and who has not
Democracy requires inequality to function as designed
Democratic systems are not designed to eliminate inequality—they are designed to legitimize and perpetuate it through the appearance of collective choice.
Digital art platforms centralize creative distribution while claiming democratization
How digital art platforms consolidate control over creative distribution while marketing themselves as democratizing forces for artists.
Digital assistants normalize constant surveillance as helpful service
How voice assistants and AI helpers reframe total monitoring as beneficial convenience, fundamentally altering our relationship with privacy.
Diversity hiring practices tokenize minorities while preserving power structures
How diversity initiatives function as sophisticated mechanisms for maintaining existing hierarchies while providing the illusion of progress.
Documentary filmmaking exploits subjects for emotional manipulation
How documentary films transform human suffering into consumable entertainment while claiming moral authority