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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
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Kanav Jain
"I ruin everything!"
Everywhere you look, people are proving how sorry they are through self-condemnation.
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Kanav Jain
Against Technocracy
Resisting rule by expertise is not anti-science or anti-technology; it is a defense of democracy
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Kanav Jain
Manufacturing "Inevitability"
The tell of empire isn’t its power, but the sheer work required to maintain its appearance of inevitability.
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Kanav Jain
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…
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Kanav Jain
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?
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Kanav Jain
Body Language Is Bullshit. Let’s Stop Pretending.
It’s a neat, tidy, and incredibly convenient fantasy for cops, bosses, and security guards.
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Kanav Jain
"Evil" is Irrelevant
Israel took the word “evil,” ran it through a supply-chain dashboard, and executed it in Gaza.
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Kanav Jain
When is "I'm Concerned" a Command?
Are they really helping or just trying to take control? Here's how to know.
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Kanav Jain
The Person Behind the Desk
Bureaucracy isolates us on purpose. Still, in the margins, people find each other.
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Kanav Jain
Beyond Deservingness
There’s a peculiar contradiction at the heart of modern public policy: Propose universal provision—unconditional meals, healthcare, housing, or cash—and…
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Kanav Jain
Long On Exclusion: How Investors, Institutions, and the State Keep the Margin Open
From 1493 papal decrees to 2025 AI eviction pilots, and the single profit logic that sustains them.
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Kanav Jain
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