Society and culture Why people still protest Jacinda Ardern What happens when our lives are shaped by systems we can't vote out By Alicia McKay / 16 Apr 2026
Cognitive sovereignty Cognitive sovereignty Defend your mental territory By Alicia McKay / 1 Apr 2026
Power and systems Opinions are like assholes An enema for your thoughts By Alicia McKay / 11 Mar 2026
Feature essays 2026: The State of It Bullshit is up, accountability is down. Here are three trends to watch and three skills to master. By Alicia McKay / 28 Jan 2026
Feature essays The ambition vacuum Ambition depends on shared stories about the future. The old stories have collapsed, leaving a vacuum of inevitability and futility, especially around AI, the climate, and democracy. By Alicia McKay / 9 Oct 2025
Feature essays The busker principle We underpay the work with the highest social value. In the new world, this toxic trait will be our undoing. By Alicia McKay / 24 Sep 2025
The ambition recession The P Tax How we punish women's ambition - and what to do about it By Alicia McKay / 10 Sep 2025
The ambition recession Poppy loppers Why Kiwis snark at success. Welcome to the first piece in a six-part series on the ambition recession. By Alicia McKay / 27 Aug 2025
Society and culture Scrolling is the new smoking Tech giants have copied Big Tobacco’s playbook - and it works. By Alicia McKay / 17 Jul 2025
Power and systems Critical thinking is not enough. It's time you learned about power Numbers and words are cool, but we have calculators and ChatGPT now. What you need is POWER LITERACY. By Alicia McKay / 25 Jun 2025
Power and systems Behind the AI hype machine Why the public conversation about AI is failing - and what leaders should be talking about instead. By Alicia McKay / 12 Jun 2025
Society and culture The human hands behind AI’s ‘magic' AI content is a less nuanced version of our existing bullshit, which is why the 'future' looks a lot like the present. By Alicia McKay / 7 Jul 2023
