Short Stories: The Logbook's Lies (Part 1)
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The Digital Guillotine: Why Your Smartphone is the End of the Republic
One would like to think that democracy is a robust old oak, weathered by centuries of world wars, plagues, and the occasional questionable royal succession. But as we stagger through early 2026, it turns out the democracy is less like an oak and more like a high-end sourdough starter: temperamental,
The C-Suite’s Favourite Hobby: Broadcasting Operational Intelligence
Executives rarely imagine themselves as intelligence targets. This is understandable. Espionage sounds glamorous and dangerous, whereas most senior leadership work involves emails, meetings, flights, and pretending to enjoy panel discussions. Unfortunately, this is exactly why OPSEC matters in business: modern intelligence work is not glamorous either. It is mostly admin,
The Waffle House Index and Other Ways to Measure Civilisational stress
There are many ways to measure disaster. Meteorologists have wind speeds, seismologists have magnitudes, economists have charts that go down and to the right in an unsettling shade of red. None of these, however, answer the question most people actually ask during a crisis, which is: can I still function
Default Settings as Cultural Power: The Most Powerful Opinion You Never Chose
There is a soothing bedtime story that the technology sector tells itself, regulators, and occasionally users. It goes like this: people are in control. They choose their settings. They exercise preferences. They consent. They manage their digital lives like calm little sysadmins of the self. This is, of course, nonsense.