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Where technology, infrastructure, and the systems we depend on meet questions of trust, fragility, and design.
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The Metaphysics of Microchips
A chip has no opinions, yet it decides more of your day than any person you know. What does it mean to be governed by something that cannot want anything.
Albert Marrero•May 6, 2026
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Algorithmic Curation and the Death of Serendipity
The feed knows what you already like. What it cannot do — what it was never built to do — is show you the thing you didn't know you were looking for.
Albert Marrero•Dec 22, 2025
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The Fragility of the Cloud
The word "cloud" was always a kind of misdirection. Underneath it: a small number of buildings, a smaller number of companies, and an uncomfortable amount of shared risk.
Albert Marrero•Oct 28, 2025
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The Myth of the Paperless Office
We were promised an office without paper thirty years ago. What we got instead was an office with more documents than ever, none of which you can hold.
Albert Marrero•Sep 1, 2025
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Why Your Smart Home Doesn't Trust You
It asks for your voice, your face, your location, your habits — and in exchange, dims a light. The trade was never really about convenience.
Albert Marrero•Jul 5, 2025
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The Slow Death of the Hyperlink
The link was the original promise of the web: that any idea could lead to any other. That promise is quietly being retired in favor of platforms that would rather you never leave.
Albert Marrero•Mar 5, 2025
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