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Systems
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Why people still protest Jacinda Ardern
What happens when our lives are shaped by systems we can't vote out
How AI will enshittify - and what you can do about it.
The value added by any technology product tends to erode. In the absence of regulation, here's a practical resistance strategy to protect yourself.
Society
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2026: The State of It
Bullshit is up, accountability is down. Here are three trends to watch and three skills to master.
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.
The busker principle
We underpay the work with the highest social value. In the new world, this toxic trait will be our undoing.
The P Tax
How we punish women's ambition - and what to do about it
Poppy loppers
Why Kiwis snark at success. Welcome to the first piece in a six-part series on the ambition recession.
Scrolling is the new smoking
Tech giants have copied Big Tobacco’s playbook - and it works.