The New Censorship

The New Censorship

WHEN JOURNALISTS CENSOR THEMSELVESWhen we picture censorship, we imagine a heavy hand. A banned book, a redacted headline, a state official stamping out the truth. But what happens when the censor is a journalist's own hesitant hand over the keyboard?🎙️ IN THIS...
Health Care as a Cultural System

Health Care as a Cultural System

What happens when healthcare technology is not designed for people, but with them?InSubstantia welcomes Anam Hijab, the founder of AtPulse, a health technology company tackling one of the largest and least understood diabetes crises in the world. Pakistan is home to...
The Quiet Architecture of Violence – part 2

The Quiet Architecture of Violence – part 2

Economies, Power, and Systems That Make Harm ProfitableThis is part 2 of my conversation with Guillaume.If violence is not a distortion of economic life but one of its foundations, what does that mean for markets, governance, and political power? In the second part of...
The Quiet Architecture of Violence:

The Quiet Architecture of Violence:

Part I: Memory Identity and What We Learn Not to SeeWe often think of violence as something visible: a war, a riot, a gun. Yet much of the violence shaping our world is quieter—folded into the ways we trade, govern, build institutions, and even convince ourselves we...