Micro-articles · Ongoing

Absurdity

Exaggerating the ordinary until it reveals something true. Each entry is one pure idea — a sapling that might grow into something bigger, or stay exactly this small.

01

AI · Workplaces · Surveillance

AI, Attendance, Workplaces

What if organisations tracked blinks and counted them as micro-sleep?
A pay cut because the machine logged too many blinks during work hours.
Can you wink at the machine and ask it to look the other way?

02

Nature · Food · Imagination

About Skies and Grains of Rice

What if the sky was made of rice — blue when sunny, saffron at dusk?
You could reach up and eat as much as you want, maybe a little more.
A sky that feeds rather than just watches.

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Interfaces · Pre-conscious · Interaction

Interfaces That Respond Before You Think

Our interactions with technology are translations — symbol to symbol.
Can there be an interface as universal as a glass of water?
A system that responds to the pre-conscious, before the thought fully forms.

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Attention · Anxiety · Objects

The Weight of Notifications

What if your phone physically gained weight with each unread notification?
A device that gets heavier as your to-do list grows longer.
You would feel the anxiety before you saw it.

05

Economy · Time · Behaviour

Money That Expires

Currency with a shelf life — spend it or lose it forever.
Would we hoard less and live more deliberately?
Expiry as a design feature, not a flaw.

06

Sound · Capitalism · Scarcity

Silence as a Subscription

In a world of algorithmic noise, what if silence was a luxury product?
Billed by the hour, cancelled if you miss a payment.
Who gets to be unbothered, and at what cost?

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Memory · Identity · Reflection

The Mirror That Delays

A mirror that shows you yourself from ten years ago.
Not who you are — who you were, looking back at who you've become.
What would you change? What would you protect?

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Empathy · Objects · Animism

Objects That Apologise

A chair that says sorry when you've sat too long.
A door that feels bad for slamming.
What changes when the things around us take responsibility?