The Supermarket of the Mind: Browsing the Modern Digital Dispensary
There is something almost, I don't know, slightly jarring about scrolling through a digital storefront for psilocybin. It feels like stepping into a parallel reality […]
There is something almost, I don't know, slightly jarring about scrolling through a digital storefront for psilocybin. It feels like stepping into a parallel reality […]
The normalization of the psychedelic experience in North America is, I think, one of the more quietly astonishing cultural pivots of the last decade. Or […]
I was standing at my front door a few days ago, signing for a rather nondescript cardboard box, and it occurred to me just how […]
I was holding a sleek little device the other day, just a simple, unbranded metallic cylinder. If you didn't know what it was, you'd almost […]
A useful football prediction starts with evidence. Recent results, home and away performances, player availability and the circumstances around a fixture can all help explain […]
When your computer stops working, everyday tasks can quickly come to a standstill. A laptop that will not charge, a desktop that keeps crashing or […]
I was looking at a screen recently, scrolling through a digital storefront, and it struck me just how profoundly surreal the whole experience still feels. […]
It begins, I suppose, the way most modern habits do: late at night, bathed in the cool, unblinking blue light of a smartphone screen. You […]
In the quietly expanding economy of synthetic affection, the marketing is remarkably uniform. Open an app store on a Tuesday evening, and you will be […]
There is a rather specific, quiet kind of modern isolation that settles in around late evening. It is not necessarily a dramatic loneliness, but more […]