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cybernetics

Rhythm: Cybersecurity as System Cycle

Cybersecurity is usually framed as a protective shield—tools, protocols, and practices designed to block attackers and preserve trust in digital systems. Yet this view obscures the deeper reality. Cybersecurity is not simply about erecting barriers, but about managing a continuous cycle of disruption and repair. Breaches and defences do not occur in isolation; they follow […]

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culture Philosophy

Suspended Animation

Feeling trapped? It’s just what we humans do and by goodness do we do it well. Endlessly orienting ourselves towards the games of self and other that culture, language and our psychological worlds bring upon us, we find ourselves hooked and strung across so many reciprocal obligations and complex social or economic responsibilities that there […]

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Philosophy

When your job is killing you…

The things we do to survive in life can lead to the inevitable shortening of our lives and through this almost completely defeat the purpose of doing them in the first place. We have all been there and the truth is, in a choice between just scraping by and low income versus sufficient income or […]