The Great Rejection: Preface
The Algorithmic Age and Its Discontents
14 October 2026 (rev. 18 October 2026) ~ 4 minute read
For all the promises of progress, convenience, connection, and liberation, we find ourselves increasingly surrounded by technologies that demand more of our attention, our money, our privacy, and our lives, while offering diminishing returns in exchange. The question is no longer whether we can build more, automate more, or connect more. It is whether any of this is making us better off — and what we stand to recover when we finally decide that enough is enough.