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Interlude: the time of things

What geology and physics can teach us about our human nature

Corporate Hierarchy as the New Feudalism

From C-suites to cubicles, we've recreated medieval feudalism in modern offices. Executive elevators replace castle towers, MBAs substitute for noble titles, and 'cultural fit' ensures the aristocracy reproduces itself. Time to name what we see: corporate feudalism in designer suits.

The Comfortable Wisdom of Empty Boxes

When someone tells me I need to “think outside the box,” I develop a sort of metaphysical hives. The same happens with “step out of your comfort zone.” The reaction intensifies when these pearls of wisdom come from people so comfortably settled in their own enormous boxes.

The Right to Temporal Dignity

Time theft wears no mask. It announces itself in Friday afternoon ‘urgent’ emails and lunch-hour meetings. We’ve normalized temporal violence in broad daylight, celebrating it as ‘dedication.’ What if reclaiming our time is the most radical act of resistance?"

Boredom as Blasphemy

We’ve turned productivity into a religion and boredom into blasphemy. Even our vacations become performances of hyperactive rest. What if doing nothing isn’t laziness but the most radical act of resistance in an achievement-obsessed world?

The Revolution Will Not Be Psychologized

We’ve turned pain into pathology and healing into a business plan. But what if our symptoms aren’t signs of brokenness, but clues that something larger is sick, and screaming to be overthrown?