Why Does the World Feel Unreal in the Age of Generative Media?
Because the cultural infrastructure that used to certify representational fidelity has been quietly replaced by a probabilistic machine that manufactures plausible worlds on demand.
Because the cultural infrastructure that used to certify representational fidelity has been quietly replaced by a probabilistic machine that manufactures plausible worlds on demand.
When the public square becomes a war of truths, does liberty survive—or does the sword become the only answer?
The Westphalian system is eroding because global flows of capital, information, and people transcend state borders, while non-state actors and local identities increasingly divide loyalties—leaving the state unable to command the singular allegiance it assumed since 1648.
The tragedy of the commons is solved by transforming open-access resources into governed systems through one of three main mechanisms: state regulation, private property rights, or — as Elinor Ostrom showed — self-governing community institutions with clear rules, monitoring, and graduated
The tragedy of the commons is a concept describing a situation where individual users, acting independently and rationally, deplete a shared resource, leading to a collective loss that outweighs any individual gains.
The tragedy of the commons is a social dilemma in which individuals, acting independently and rationally according to their own self-interest, deplete a shared limited resource even when it is clear that doing so is contrary to the long-term interests of the entire group.
Hedley Bull's neomedievalism is a model of world politics in which the modern sovereign state loses its monopoly on authority, and power becomes dispersed among overlapping, cross-cutting institutions, corporations, and identities—resembling the layered loyalties of medieval Europe.
Flexible work erodes character by dissolving the narrative continuity required for sustained values, mutual trust, and a stable sense of self. Sennett shows how short-term adaptability replaces deep mastery, generating anxiety and weakening social bonds.
Tacit security is the unspoken, embodied confidence that arises from familiar routines, deep skill, and stable social trust. Richard Sennett uses it to describe the psychological foundation that flexible work undermines.
The disposable self is Richard Sennett's term for the character type forged by flexible capitalism: an identity optimized for short-term adaptability, stripped of long-term narrative coherence, and rendered perpetually replaceable by design.
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