The Geometry of Worth
You know what nobody tells you about low self-esteem? It’s not actually about you. I mean, it feels like it’s about you. God, does it feel personal. Every stumble, every…
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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 wiser. The headlines scroll past like some grotesque carousel… political chaos, economic tremors, wars that…
The Passport Lottery (Or: Why I Refuse to Play)
I was standing in Heathrow Terminal 5 when it properly hit me. Not the mild inconvenience of a delayed flight or the soul-crushing boredom of airport retail. No, this was…
The Slow-Motion Avalanche
Living in Late-Stage Capitalism There’s this moment that keeps happening to me, and I suspect it happens to you too. You’re scrolling through your phone…let’s be honest, you’re always scrolling…
The Grand Illusion: Why 2026 Won’t Save You
(And What Might) Christmas is coming. The goose is getting fat, as the song goes, though mostly it’s us getting fat on mince pies and existential dread. The fairy lights…
We’re Not Dying from Overwork, We’re Dying from Overstimulation
(And We’re Too Addicted to Stop) Everyone’s talking about burnout like it’s some noble badge of honour. “I’m so burnt out,” we say, as if we’ve been mining coal for…
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, decided to fine Elon Musk’s X platform €120 million for… checks notes… misleading blue checkmark…
The Real Reason Most Marketing Fails
(And Why Consistency Is Harder Than Skill) Most people don’t fail at marketing because they lack talent. They fail because they run out of ideas. Not permanently… just often enough…
The Age of Prosperity
Or: How We Learned to Decorate Around Poverty and Call It Progress We are repeatedly informed that we live in the most prosperous era in human history. This is not…
The Gluttony Season
On Christmas, Capitalism, and the Violence of Plenty Every December, we perform a ritual so absurd that if you described it to someone from another planet, they’d assume you were…