Why interfaces, incentives, and algorithms make us feel and behave the way we do.
As software platforms aggressively insert automated assistants into everyday workflows, users are spending significant cognitive effort hunting down kill switches to protect their agency.
18 Aug 2026
Bluesky's latest feed control feature highlights a growing UI trend: using granular filters to quietly manage online acquaintances rather than dealing with social friction.
11 Aug 2026
Generative AI is dismantling our implicit mental spam filters. By mastering regional idioms and institutional registers, modern cybercriminals bypass cognitive defences to scale hyper-local fraud.
5 Aug 2026
Delegating work to AI tools shifts employees from creative flow into continuous supervisory auditing, creating cognitive strain and hyper-vigilance under the illusion of productivity.
30 Jul 2026
Product teams at companies from Wise to OpenAI regularly inject artificial delays and progress indicators into instant workflows, using the labour illusion to build trust in automated systems.
26 Jul 2026
Reversible software abolished the tax that mistakes once imposed on makers. When any move can be unmade, decisions get cheaper, braver, and quietly different, and craft pays part of the bill.
10 Jul 2026