Platforms extract value
How digital platforms systematically capture and monetize human activity while providing minimal return to value creators
Policy expertise concentrates power
How technical knowledge becomes a tool for democratic exclusion and elite control
Positive thinking denies
How the positive thinking industry systematically denies structural realities to maintain profitable illusions of individual control
Power generation prioritizes
Energy systems reveal societal values through their prioritization hierarchies
Privacy settings manufacture consent
How interface design transforms surveillance into user choice, making violation feel like agency.
Productivity accelerates exploitation
How productivity culture creates more efficient mechanisms for extracting human value
Professional communication teaches hierarchy
How workplace language training systematically embeds power structures into everyday interaction
Professional ethics protects professions
How ethical codes serve as market protection rather than moral guidance