The coronavirus pandemic has produced a unique economic downturn. A young adult grapples with an ever-atomized society and an economy going nowhere.
People in Bloom – On the Stairway
Blooming on the stairway.
People in Bloom – The Flower Queen
The second person in bloom – the flower queen.
People in Bloom – The Breakdancer
The first of the People in Bloom Series: a friend who bboys/breakdances turning into a rose.
Issue #2: Bionics Without Antibiotics
Antibiotic resistance has overwhelmed modern medicine. Bionic augmentations have become the prevailing “cure” of the day, as glorified amputations.
Issue #1: Dystopia Awareness
Issue #1, Dystopia Awareness: an unknown narrator in the future misses the days of pessimism.
Covering the face in public should be a popular way of countering facial recognition
I’ve been hesitant to write about this for a while. After months of entertaining the idea in my head, I figured I might as well get it out into writing. Not because it’s a brilliant idea (it’s neither brilliant nor original, at all) but because it’s a cool idea. Well, cool might be the wrong […]
Big Data Needs Big Regulations
This is a short policy brief exploring the the problems posed by Big Data companies and potential solutions. I) Executive Summary Big Data companies thrive on the unregulated control and processing of massive amounts of information. This has resulted in several problems, political, economic, and psychological. Politically, Big Data companies have accumulated disproportionate influence within federal […]
Police Surveillance Reduction Strategies
A short policy brief on hi-tech police surveillance in the United States.
Cyberpunk Cities: Essays on San Jose (Part 4/Conclusion)
The concluding piece of a four-part essay series on San Jose.