Essays

Ideas need room to breathe.

The essays of DCRU are investigations into technology, culture, systems, and the human condition. They are not written to keep pace with the news cycle.

Instead, they look for the structures beneath it, the assumptions hidden inside our interfaces, the incentives behind our platforms, the histories behind our protocols, and the ways technology quietly changes how we think and behave.

Some essays begin with a question. Some begin with a story. Some begin with something that feels slightly wrong.

Original writing and research from DCRU.