Is Global Governance Possible?
The question of whether global governance is possible is usually approached through very formal images such as institutions, treaties, and cooperation between states (Weiss, 2013). It almost immediately suggests a…
More than Sound: Listening to What Makes Us Human
Music is everywhere. It fills elevators, headphones, childhood bedrooms, stadiums, and quiet moments we did not know needed sound. It exists before we learn how to speak and stays with…
When Justice Stops Feeling Abstract
During my internship at the Judicial Reform Foundation in Taiwan, I learned something I had never fully understood before. Justice is not only about laws or verdicts. Sometimes, it is…
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…
The Enlightenment: An Intellectual Revolution and the Foundations of the Modern World
A World Ready for Change This movement came to life during the eighteenth century, a period in which European societies were marked by extreme social inequalities, strong religious authority, and…
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…
Recognition Isn’t Justice: Taiwan’s Indigenous People and the Unfinished Promise of Equality
Although Taiwan’s laws recognize Indigenous peoples’ rights, their limited implementation and unequal recognition reveal how legal justice can exist on paper but not in reality. I walk through a Taiwanese…