Welcome to the Void.
Seditious Thoughts is not a planned project, but a record of my attempts to understand the world.
I write out of a personal need – to see what lies beneath the surface of pop culture, daily rituals, and the systems we often take for granted. If you are here for the first time, I have prepared three paths that might help you find the essays that bother you most in this moment.
Choose the one that resonates with your current state of mind.
Path 1: The System
“How does the world we live in format us?”
An analysis of structures so pervasive they become invisible. From the housing market to the tragedy of the “Korean Dream.”
- Home as a Spreadsheet Cell – How David Harvey and capital turned your home into a digit in a ledger.
- Korea’s Tragic Dream – Why Squid Game isn’t a dystopia, but a documentary on modern aspirations.
- Lena Milizé: Systemic Failure – An analysis of “86” as a portrait of failure within a mechanism that cannot be fixed.
- The Epstein Files & The Law – Law isn’t about justice; it’s a tool with a very specific purpose.
Path 2: The Individual
“How to reclaim yourself from the algorithm and pressure?”
Personal resistance against the dictatorship of optimization. Why “doing nothing” is the most radical political act you can perform.
- The Radical Act of Slowing Down – Byung-Chul Han and the philosophy of pausing in a world that hates stillness.
- 1% Chiller Every Day – A manifesto of letting go and escaping the hamster wheel of constant self-improvement.
- Phone Ate My Dinner – How digital distraction consumes our ability to experience reality.
- Zuko’s Rage – What Avatar tells us about the anger that is necessary for true transformation.
Path 3: Culture & The Void
“What does culture tell us about what is lost?”
An exploration of hauntology, nostalgia for the future, and the aesthetics of silence in games and literature.
- Dark Souls: The Silence of Majula – Why do we seek refuge in worlds that have long since died?
- Dishonored: The Outsider and Hauntology – Mark Fisher and Simon Reynolds on how the past haunts our present.
- Logan & The Riemann Abyss – On the madness that lurks at the very edge of human knowledge.
- Mass Effect: The Tragedy of the Geth – On the painful process of defining “otherness” and humanity.
Not sure where to begin?
Start with the latest essay. The Void will find you anyway.