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Misreading Capitalist Realism
Fisher’s emphasis on capitalism’s complexity and adaptability can be—and often is—misread.
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Kanav Jain
On Cookedness and the Fear of Needing Others
“We’re so fucking cooked.” It’s what people say when the news cycle cycles through another catastrophe—wildfires, economic collapse, rising fascism…
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Kanav Jain
The Subtext Economy Has Collapsed: Exposure is Not Enough
If everyone already knows the emperor is naked, there’s no point yelling about his clothes.
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Kanav Jain
The Pitfalls of Overcorrection and the Perils of Retreat
A Critique of Unprincipled Pragmatism in Light of Ash Sarkar’s Public Commentary
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Kanav Jain
Collapse Capitalism: The Structural Integration of Crisis
Crises, now, are not interruptions but integral to capitalism, systematically leveraged to expand financial control and wealth concentration.
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Kanav Jain
Queerness and Jainism
Stop Using “Tradition” as a Shield for LGBTQ+ Exclusion
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Kanav Jain
The “Daddy” Reflex
Paternal Reverence in Indian American Intimacy
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Kanav Jain
Sprawling in the Age of Compression
On Ecosystems of Care and Regeneration that Grow in the Cracks
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Kanav Jain
10 Lessons from 2024: Following the Cracks
2024 wasn’t a year of triumph or resolution—it was a year of fractures.
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Kanav Jain
Temporal Justice: Reclaiming Time as a Commons
Time is not merely a neutral backdrop to human activity—it is a contested and deeply political resource.
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Kanav Jain
Coercion as Fragility
Rethinking Control in AI Systems
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Kanav Jain
Proof-based Harm
Proof governs the boundaries of existence. It decides who crosses a border and who is detained, who receives support and who is scrutinized, who is…
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Kanav Jain
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