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Someone Has to Answer

Rejection therapy promises courage training, but its sharper lesson is about bad forecasts, borrowed patience, and the strangers who have to answer.

July 26, 2026 · essay · 8 min · psychology · anxiety · self-help · social-media

The Half-Second They're Buying

Meta's metaverse pivot is less a VR bet than a wager that embodied presence can make people trust a social graph the feed had taught them to doubt.

October 29, 2021 · essay · 8 min · meta · metaverse · virtual-reality · social-media

Solidarity You Could Count

Blackout Tuesday showed how a black square could turn care into a countable receipt before it became costly, burying live protest information while making solidarity feel finished.

June 9, 2020 · essay · 8 min · blackout-tuesday · social-media · solidarity · attention