Media & Communication
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Corporate Applause and Other Lies We Tell Ourselves
Photo by Matt Collamer on Unsplash Every quarterly update, every investor call, every polished slide deck featuring a smiling employee and a bold mission statement—it’s all part of the show.… Read more.
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Djinn of Convenience: Tools of Desire
Author’s Note This post is, again, part of the Tools series—an ongoing exploration of the instruments that shape modern life. Some tools carve with intent: law, media, policy. Others, like… Read more.
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The Loud Minority: Tools of Narrative Distortion
Author’s Note This essay is part of the Tools series—an ongoing exploration of the instruments used to shape public perception, private behavior, and collective reality. Some tools are blunt: policy,… Read more.
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The Hammer and the Strike
There’s an old story, likely apocryphal, about a train engine that wouldn’t start. The owner had already burned through several mechanics, each of whom poked, prodded, and replaced parts for… Read more.
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Obscenity, Applauded
Note from the author: I’ll admit, the featured image doesn’t quite capture the full weight of what follows—but let’s be honest, anything that did would probably stir up a whole different kind… Read more.
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They Renamed the Fire, but Still We Burned
When I first encountered George Orwell’s 1984, I was too young to fully appreciate what I was reading. I picked it up for the accelerated reader points, not the politics—some required… Read more.
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The Weaponization of Words
In politics, words are weapons—and few tools are as insidious or effective as redefining the terms that shape public perception. It’s a manipulation so subtle that it often goes unnoticed… Read more.
