What Have We Learnt This Year? (Spoiler: Probably Nothing)
Another year dissolves into the rearview mirror, and here we are again, pretending we’ve grown...
Observations
The Gluttony Season
On Christmas, Capitalism, and the Violence of Plenty Every December, we perform a ritual so...
The Great X-Files: How a €120 Million Fine Became the EU’s Most Expensive Own Goal
Right, so let me get this straight. The European Union, in all its bureaucratic wisdom,...
The Age of Prosperity
Or: How We Learned to Decorate Around Poverty and Call It Progress We are repeatedly...
The Great American Self-Own: How to Kill Tourism in Five Easy Steps
There’s something beautifully absurd about watching a nation famous for its entrepreneurial spirit—a country that...
The Tyranny of Everything: Why Focus Might Save Us All
I’m writing this with seventeen browser tabs open, three unread notifications on my phone, and...
Nobody Knows What’s Real Anymore
(And We’re All Pretending That’s Fine) So apparently, 97% of us can’t tell the difference...
The Great Education Panic
A Global Tour of How We’re All Failing Our Children (Differently) There’s something deliciously democratic...
The Eccentricity Advantage
Why Being the Odd One Out Might Be Your Greatest Asset I’ve been called eccentric...
⏳ The Busy Trap: How Glorifying Hustle Became a Badge of Honour
We love to be busy. Not because it makes us better, smarter, or happier… but...
