Where Did Culture Go?

Where Did Culture Go?

There's a lot of talk about the state of places such as NYC and I find a lot of it dishonest and disingenuous. To say NYC isn't famous because of how bad it used to be is dishonest. To many who live there and travel there it's the sterilization that killed the culture, making it palatable for everyone. That's the city people secretly miss and always loved.

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Society, Culture, Privacy Zach Cowan Society, Culture, Privacy Zach Cowan

U.S. Citizenship I.D.

The current system for proving U.S. citizenship is inconsistent, inefficient, and increasingly problematic in an era of heightened identity verification. While permanent residents and naturalized citizens possess secure, biometrically-linked documents, birthright citizens often rely on easily lost or forged paper birth certificates.

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Obscura
Philosophy, Personal Zach Cowan Philosophy, Personal Zach Cowan

Obscura

Peter Parker learned all about power and responsibility, and I can’t imagine we didn’t learn about those either. Because we somehow subconsciously understand that if we have no power, then we have no responsibility; or at least no claim to it.

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beyond cosmology
Philosophy Zach Cowan Philosophy Zach Cowan

beyond cosmology

Beyond the discipline of cosmology—once the architectonics of existence have been elucidated, once the operative mechanics of one’s ontological tier are fully comprehended—emerges an ontologically profound question: What remains to be done?

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