Carousel of Plenty
Something Borrowed
The performance economy comes home.
Companion Device
The Personal Companion
A device fitted to you on your first day of school, that grows with you across a lifetime. What consumer electronics looks like when it lasts.
Energy Sovereignty
Energy Sovereignty
The household has been at the far end of a long fragile string for a century. Energy sovereignty is the move out. Solarpunk 2.0, and the triad that builds it.
On the Bubble
On the Bubble
Closing out a season that asked why circularity stalled — and discovered that the environmental case, while critical, is not enough to close the deal. The benefits hiding behind it are the ones that will.
Rebellion
Are You a Punk?
When institutions produce the chaos, order becomes the rebellion. The punks of 2026 don't sneer. They say "no thank you" and build something without you.
Connection
Building Cultural Momentum
Cultural mythology shapes what people want more than rational analysis. We adopt behaviors and identities by watching others embody them successfully. Shared experiences accelerate the cultural momentum that makes circularity feel inevitable.