Sergio AounFile no. 042

Journal 42 essays

The journal.

Essays on propaganda, attention, power and history, and what Orwell and Huxley tell us about the next few years. Written slowly, between campaigns.

  1. 001 Nobody Believes the Future Will Be Better Anymore. And Everyone Is Pretending That’s Fine. DystopiaJun 20266 min
  2. 002 How Gen Z Inherited A Scam Economy Social criticismMay 20268 min
  3. 003 Why Lebanon Keeps Clapping for the Villain: Media, Propaganda, and the Trap of Sectarian Division DystopiaMar 202611 min
  4. 004 The Last Gentleman on Earth: A Dystopian Essay on Decency in a Broken World DystopiaDec 20257 min
  5. 005 Happy Independence Day, Lebanon. We’re Still Pretending We’re Free. Power and geopoliticsNov 20256 min
  6. 006 You’re Not Paranoid – Your Phone Really Is Controlling You. Social criticismNov 20257 min
  7. 007 We’re All Lonely and Dating Apps and Social Media Made It Worse Body and mindNov 20258 min
  8. 008 Why The Middle Class Was Always a Lie Social criticismNov 20258 min
  9. 009 The Illusion of Forever: Rethinking Love and Marriage Social criticismSep 20256 min
  10. 010 The Addiction Economy Social criticismAug 20253 min
  11. 011 The Unconditionable Man: Redefining Masculinity in Modern Society Social criticismJun 20254 min
  12. 012 How Social Media Fuels Loneliness (And How to Fix It) Social criticismMay 20253 min

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