The Inner Monologue

In an age saturated with confidence, the simplest tests have begun masquerading as triumphs. We live in a culture where baseline competence is confused with achievement, where “not failing” is recast as “excelling,” and where even a routine medical screen can be spun into evidence of extraordinary brilliance. That is how we arrive at the…

Ah, humanity—the species that invented science, logic, and reason, then collectively decided, “Nah, I’d rather believe this Facebook meme from my uncle.” Despite living in the golden age of information, where facts are literally at our fingertips, some of us cling to debunked nonsense like it’s a life raft on the Titanic. Let’s explore why…

Let’s talk about the English language for a second—or, more accurately, let’s talk about how it’s actively gaslighting us at the grocery store. You’re in the snack aisle, just trying to live your life, when you see two labels that should make sense but instead feel like a personal attack: So to recap: Why? Who…

There is a comforting story we tell ourselves: that there is one shared world, one common experience, one reality in which all of us live our lives. It is a story built into civics lessons, moral lectures, economic theories, and the illusions of democracy and markets. It makes society feel rational, navigable, coherent. But wander…

In an earlier era, protest meant abstention. To boycott was to withdraw, to starve a system of attention, labor, and capital. We deprive the merchant by refusing his wares; we reclaim our dignity by denying him our dollars. It is an act of absence, a moral exit. But the modern economy has mutated. Platforms are…

Let’s talk about the great American paradox: people will drop tens of thousands of dollars on a house or a car, then proceed to treat them like disposable razors. It’s like buying a golden retriever and then forgetting to feed it—except in this case, the retriever is your mortgage and it’s actively losing value while…

Let’s talk about playbooks. You know, those things that everyone seems to follow when they’re about to do something terrible, but nobody seems to read when they could, you know, stop them. Monopolies? Oh yeah, there’s a playbook for that. Step one: Dominate a market. Step two: Crush competitors. Step three: Jack up prices while…