Opinion
The Doorbell Has Become a Neighborhood Witness
The video doorbell promised convenience but has quietly turned the front step into a privately operated public-record system.
Aug 14 · 5 min read
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Opinion
The Customer Has Been Hired Without an Interview
Modern service increasingly asks customers to perform the work once done by employees, then calls the arrangement convenience.
Aug 7 · 5 min read
Opinion
The Return Policy Has Become a Retail Courtroom
Returns used to be a courtesy. Now they are a judgment system with receipts, risk scores, and a long memory.
Jul 3 · 5 min read
Opinion
Your Device Is Now a Tenant, and the Landlord Is a Software Update
The annual, or even monthly, software update has shifted from a maintenance task to a mandatory renegotiation of your device's basic functions.
Jun 26 · 5 min read
Opinion
Your Car Has Become a Terms-of-Service Device
Modern cars increasingly behave less like possessions and more like licensed software with wheels attached.
Jun 19 · 5 min read
Opinion
The Office Badge Has Become a Loyalty Test
Return-to-office mandates are less about productivity than about restoring managerial legibility.
Jun 12 · 5 min read
Opinion
The Internet Is Becoming a Place Where You Show Papers
Age checks, identity rules, and platform compliance are turning the open web into a checkpoint culture.
Jun 5 · 5 min read
Opinion
AI Is Not Going to Take Your Job. Your Complacency Will.
Everyone's debating whether AI will replace humans. The real threat isn't the machine — it's the person who refuses to adapt to one.
May 29 · 5 min read
Opinion
The Productivity Paradox: More Tools, Less Done
We have more productivity tools than any generation in history. We are also more distracted, more overwhelmed, and arguably less productive. Here's why that's not a coincidence.
May 23 · 7 min read
Opinion
Trump, Xi, and the CEO Diplomacy Show
Donald Trump’s Beijing trip mixed CEO diplomacy with sharper questions over Taiwan, Iran, trade, and strategic stability.
May 19 · 6 min read
Opinion
AI Agents Need Guardrails More Than Hype
AI agents are useful, but the useful version is less like a tireless digital employee and more like a scoped tool that can be interrupted, inspected, and held inside a review loop.
May 18 · 5 min read
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