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…
How First Encounters in Fiction (And In Life) Shape One’s Destiny and Identity
Even the most unremarkable first encounter with another person can leave a profound impression on one’s personality, forming subconscious projections and subtly shaping a connection that might develop in the…
Sleepless Tries
Screens breathe like illusions I stay, I scroll, I fade,Time leaks like code through the cracks I made.Every second hums a hollow tune,I chase false suns through digital moon. Stress…
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…
