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In Praise of Fickleness

“Fickleness” is not always a moral failure; it’s fair to oscillate between incompatible demands.

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"What I said came out wrong."

On Revision Privilege, a system that quietly distributes grace to the powerful while demanding finality from everyone else

Aug 28 •

"I ruin everything!"

Everywhere you look, people are proving how sorry they are through self-condemnation.

Aug 26 •

Against Technocracy

Resisting rule by expertise is not anti-science or anti-technology; it is a defense of democracy

Aug 22 •

If You Won’t Do It For Yourself

You’ve heard the advice before: choose yourself; put on your own oxygen mask first. It sounds rational, but when you try to apply it, another voice cuts…

Aug 19 •

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"Why Can’t They Just Die Already?"

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Refusability is the Future of Design

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Autism, Careerism, and Cultural Pressures as a Jain Indian American

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Manufacturing "Inevitability"

The tell of empire isn’t its power, but the sheer work required to maintain its appearance of inevitability.

Aug 17 •

How to Smuggle an Idea

An idea can be banned without being outlawed; when the direct route is blocked by formal censorship or the chill of algorithmic disfavor, ideas learn to…

Aug 14 •

So, are people actually getting dumber?

It’s quick, flattering, incomplete, and it puts the problem in human nature, not in the systems shaping people’s lives. But is it true?

Aug 12 •

Body Language Is Bullshit. Let’s Stop Pretending.

It’s a neat, tidy, and incredibly convenient fantasy for cops, bosses, and security guards.

Aug 8 •

"Evil" is Irrelevant

Israel took the word “evil,” ran it through a supply-chain dashboard, and executed it in Gaza.

Aug 5 •

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Saving Lives, Sinking Shares: the Gilead Effect

Ten years ago, Gilead Sciences did what modern medicine says it exists to do: it cured a disease.

Jul 16 •

The Person Behind the Desk

Bureaucracy isolates us on purpose. Still, in the margins, people find each other.

Jul 15 •

On “Clinician Resistance” in Healthcare Tech

It’s the diagnosis pulled out whenever a doctor or nurse pushes back on some new system, tool, or “transformation.” To outsiders, it sounds neutral—a…

Jul 14 •

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Racism as a Business Model

How Denial Became a Revenue Stream—and What It Will Take to Break the Machine

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Universality Disincentivizes Surveillance

In health insurance, credit, and employment, private actors mine ZIP codes, prescription histories, résumé gaps, and spending habits to assign risk and…

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