Tension: We flatten our actual experiences into universal struggles to ensure others will recognize themselves in what ...

Tension: We’re encouraged to share our struggles publicly while being punished for showing genuine uncertainty or need.

Tension: We’ve outsourced our moral development to recommendation engines that optimize for engagement rather than wisdom, ...

Tension: Professional culture demands we perform enthusiasm for work that exhausts us, creating a split between genuine ...

Tension: We construct digital identities that feel dishonest yet somehow more true than our actual lives. Noise: ...

Tension: Work relationships have become our primary source of daily social interaction, yet they’re fundamentally transactional and ...

These explanations feel satisfyingly simple, and they let us frame the issue as a problem of technology rather than ...

Tension: The passive-aggressive phrases that dominate workplace communication reveal power structures where direct feedback ...

Tension: We perform self-awareness for an audience while avoiding the actual uncomfortable work of understanding ourselves.

Tension: We’re automating our digital presence while craving genuine human connection more desperately than ever. Noise: The ...

Tension: We’ve normalized a relational economy where some people give endlessly while others take selectively, creating ...

Tension: We crave connection and information, yet the platforms designed to deliver both leave us feeling depleted ...