The Argument
Two years of essays and videos, organised by what they argue rather than when they were posted. Every piece below is making one of these six claims.
01
The interface is a political act.
Small design decisions distribute power, attention and consequence. Treating them as neutral is itself a position.
02
Algorithmic power works on reaction.
The algorithm doesn’t show you what you like; it shows you what makes you react — then narrows the world until its prediction comes true.
03
The platform is a mirror, not a witness.
It constitutes the self through encounter, like a person would — but it is not on your side.
04
Alternatives exist, and most lose money.
That fact is itself data — about what the mainstream platforms are really selling.
05
Replacing labour replaces knowledge.
When navigation apps beat the taxi drivers, we lost more than jobs — we lost a socially grounded way of knowing a city.
06
Sci-fi is criticism, not a roadmap.
Tech founders read science fiction as an instruction manual. Reading it as criticism gets you further.