Society

Culture, media, politics, technology and society.

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24 September 2025The busker principleWe underpay the work with the highest social value. In the new world, this toxic trait will be our undoing. 17 July 2025Scrolling is the new smokingTech giants have copied Big Tobacco’s playbook - and it works. 1 July 2025Nepotism, networks and human connectionOn finding an afterschool job and buying a duvet in the current digital WTF-scape + BRING BACK LANDLINES 1 May 2025Confessions of a serial moverAlways moving, never arriving 2 April 2025What's worth more than money?Creative value under extractive capitalism + an urgent plea to reclaim sovereignty over your attention 23 August 2024Put your bloody phone downYou're an adult, and you control your time and attention. Put down the damn phone. 14 December 2023When progress goes too far: becoming a top woman managerDiscover insights from a thought-provoking book on women in management, challenging gender biases and exploring strategies for success. 7 December 2023The problem with professionalism: rejecting sameness at workProfessionalism is just an acceptable way to discriminate against people in the workplace. It's time we talked about class. 24 October 2023You deserve this. Bye.What to do when other people are negative or jealous about your achievements. 15 September 2023People eat takeaways because they're tired, not because they're lazy.How late-stage capitalism and modern family structures keeps Dominos in business 25 August 2023We're different now. COVID's changed how we feel - and it might last a while.There's a reason you can't get RSVPs to your party. We're all a bit weird. 18 August 2023Don't let men give you productivity adviceStop listening to dude-bros tell you how to be productive. Plus: controversial football thoughts 11 August 2023The art of perspectiveAn evolution of perspective, as told in four paintings 4 August 2023The creator economy, cannibalism, and speed paintingPlus: books about weird chicks doing weird stuff. 21 July 2023You can't read the label from inside the jarMental health, funny walking-sticks, and jars with fading labels. 13 July 2023The rich got richer, and social media somehow got worseThis week: Rich dudes still indiscriminately fucking us over from every direction. SURPRISE! 7 July 2023The 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. 30 June 2023You're a person, not a brandHey, Sniffing Lady... DON'T GET ON THE PLANE. 27 June 2023Yelling into the voidSocial media is an empty consumerist hellscape. Meanwhile, our connection muscles atrophy. 23 June 2023Smug old racist pricks with control issues who seriously need to read more...Too much?