When Chips Quietly Shape Power
After attending a conference co-organized by the Bureau Français de Taipei, I left with the feeling that I had witnessed something much larger than a discussion about technology. The topic…
When the Dystopia Looks Like Home: What The Truman Show Warns Us About Our Reality
In the cultural imagination, dystopias usually look dramatic: towering authoritarian cities, ruined landscapes, or governments collapsing under the weight of their own brutality. Yet one of the most unsettling warnings…
Challenging the Systems of Power through Pop Culture
Popular culture has always been more than entertainment; it reshapes the way we see and interpret the world around us. Alan Watts once wrote: “We seldom realize, for example, that…