David Harvey

A glitchy spreadsheet overlaying a megabuilding in Night City

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and the Housing Crisis: Your Home as a Spreadsheet Cell

Why is Night City’s housing crisis so terrifyingly familiar? This Cyberpunk: Edgerunners philosophy analysis uses David Harvey�s ‘accumulation by dispossession’ to expose how corporate logic turns our homes into spreadsheet cells and our lives into subscriptions.

A split-screen image contrasting Psy's energetic 'Gangnam Style' against a colorful background with a grim, masked guard from 'Squid Game' against a grey wall. Text below reads: 'From Comedy to Tragedy'.

From Gangnam Style to Squid Game: Korea’s Tragic Dream

Why did Squid Game become a global phenomenon? This essay explores the capitalism in Squid Game, the history of the 1997 Asian financial crisis, and the tragedy of the show’s ending. Using Byung-Chul Han and Mark Fisher, we deconstruct the brutal reality of Hell Joseon and the systemic trap of debt.