Artificial Intelligence
The Audience We Never Invited
We built the internet for people. Now machines are reading it, writing to it, and increasingly reading what other machines have written. The audience we never invited is already here.
Technology
Humanity
Roads Not Taken
History remembers the roads humanity took. Roads Not Taken asks what happened to the ones that disappeared before we even realized they were there.
Technology
Old Components
An eleven-year-old PC is still doing the job. So why does Windows think it has become too old? A small investigation into technology, money, obsolescence and the strange moment when “old” becomes “not good enough.”
Technology
The Smile Test
It took the Norwegian government weeks to issue my passport. Upwork wasn't convinced. What followed was a surprisingly ordinary experience that left me wondering how much of ourselves we now have to surrender simply to log in.
Humanity
Everyone Has a Different Weather Forecast
In a world where billions of people receive different versions of reality every day, the challenge is not only finding information — it is learning how to understand it. This essay explores how human psychology, algorithms, history and the struggle for trust shape the way we see the world.
Digital Culture
The Invisible Cities: The City of Gifts
RABAGAS enters the world of livestream economies — a digital city built on attention, status, and human connection. From virtual roses and ranking systems to agencies and invisible labour, this is a journey into one of the internet’s fastest-growing communities.
Technology
The Machines Reading Between Us
Every day, millions of people publish content online believing they are communicating with other humans. But before most information reaches a person, it has already passed through a world of crawlers, algorithms, indexes and artificial intelligence systems.
RABAGAS
Nobody Is Driving the Bus
As children, many of us believed that somewhere, someone was in control. As adults, we gradually discover something far more unsettling—and perhaps more hopeful. A reflective essay about uncertainty, responsibility and the quiet power of human agency.
Everyday Life
Humanity vs. Customer Service
Modern life no longer pits us against the forces of nature. Instead, we battle phone queues, chatbots and customer service departments that seem designed to test the limits of human patience. A humorous essay about bureaucracy, technology and the quiet art of surviving modern life.
Digital Life
Modern Humans Are Just Passwords and Receipts
Modern life is less about living than remembering passwords, collecting receipts, and proving to machines that we are who they already know we are. A humorous essay about the quiet absurdities of the digital age.
Technology
Light Bulbs and Privacy
Buying a light bulb used to require a shop and a few coins. Today it may require cookies, newsletters, analytics consent and yet another password. Somewhere along the way, shopping became an exercise in digital identity.
Technology
The Digital Babel
We generate more data than ever before, yet spend countless hours trying to make our systems understand one another. The problem isn't a lack of information. It's that every system still speaks its own language.