Tag: algorithmic governance

A cityscape subtly overlaid with app interfaces—roads glowing with algorithmic routes, delivery icons, and surveillance cameras.

Corporations, Convenience, and the Hidden Reshaping of Our Lives

From Google Maps rerouting entire towns to Amazon Flex unlocking apartment doors, corporations are reshaping our infrastructure and routines—quietly trading our privacy for convenience.

Cover artwork (cover.png) for the article titled The Velvet Claw: Toward a Post-Institutional Meritocracy.

The Velvet Claw: Toward a Post-Institutional Meritocracy

The claw of power may never vanish. But if wrapped in velvet—wielded with wisdom, chosen with care—it may no longer wound, but shape. A better world doesn’t begin by abolishing power, but by reimagining who deserves to hold it—and why.

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