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
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
Between middle-class stability and creative resistance, there's a teenage part of us keeping watch. Maybe it's right.| Kōdō Simone
In a world of endless pings, every creative act becomes rebellion. This isn't about time management—it's about protecting your spark in a system designed to extinguish it.| Kōdō Simone
This is part three of a series on tackling wants, managing my media diet, and finding enough. Read the introduction on “the mindset of more.”| Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden
In a world engineered to be frictionless, adding a bit of resistance can be revolutionary.| Kōdō Simone
