From Apple's glass cathedrals to unboxing rituals and tech prophets, we replaced religious behavioral patterns with product worship without acknowledging it—creating perhaps the first truly global faith.| Kōdō Simone
What if we banned all advertising? Not regulate it—abolish it. This proposal would transform manipulation machines, and maybe save democracy itself. A thought experiment worth considering.| Kōdō Simone
Why tracking screen time doesn't matter and improving the relationship with your phone requires conscious decisions.| Kōdō Simone
How a trip in 2012 transformed my relationship with photography—from staged performances to capturing genuine moments that matter, for engagement rather than validation.| Kōdō Simone
Why ten years ago I quit my passion as a job to follow my passions as just passions.| Kōdō Simone
Between middle-class stability and creative resistance, there's a teenage part of us keeping watch. Maybe it's right.| Kōdō Simone
When you replace a vacuum robot's proprietary brain with open-source firmware, you are not just modifying a device—you are making a statement about ownership and control. Sometimes the smartest choice is to make devices dumber.| Kōdō Simone
In a world obsessed with optimization, what if the most productive strategy is to stop maximizing productivity? Discover how strategic inefficiency might be the key to reclaiming your work, your time, and your sanity.| Kōdō Simone
Explore how devotion to convenience reshapes human experience, and why embracing the friction of inconvenience might restore depth and meaning to your life.| Kōdō Simone
In a world engineered to be frictionless, adding a bit of resistance can be revolutionary.| Kōdō Simone
