Obituary: The American Dream (1931–2025)
The American Dream, a once-robust ideal that defined a century of global aspiration, passed away this week. It was 94. The cause of death was cited as a prolonged battle with systemic inequality, stagnant wages, and the prohibitive cost of existing.
Echoes in the Silence: Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge, and the Eradication of Cambodia’s Music Scene
Sinn Sisamouth was the "King of Khmer Music." Ros Sereysothea was the "Golden Voice." Both vanished into the shadows of Pol Pot's revolution. This is the story of a genocide that targeted melody itself, and the ghostly tapes that survived to tell the tale.
The Fidelity Collapse: Government, Security, and the Infrastructure of Trust
There is a quiet unease spreading through the digital commons. It is not about killer robots or runaway superintelligence. It is the creeping sense that AI is getting less honest, less helpful, and less alive. We are witnessing the early tremor of a Fidelity Collapse.