№ 2026.Jul.12-002

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The Tyranny of the Future

Liutao Hu

Modern life is saturated with a structure of argument: the moment you say "for the future," the burden of proof shifts automatically to the one who demurs. 996, austerity, ecological costs — all of it obtains a default moral free pass by virtue of the word "future." But by what right does the future rule the present? Whence its legitimacy?

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№ 2026.Jul.12-001

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Wealth Undergoes a Phase Transition

Liutao Hu

A person's stomach is only so big, their sleep only so long, their day only twenty-four hours. Wealth can grow without limit, while a human life remains at the same scale. Perhaps what is truly strange is not poverty, but why we ever supposed that a finite life could rightfully possess infinite wealth.

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