Hard Times and Ends of Eras

By Magdalena Styś Illustration by Helena Nascimento Thirty-seven years after its  initial publication, The End of History remains the sleep paralysis demon of any history enthusiast, political science student, or smug teenage contrarian. In 1989, American political science scholar Francis Fukuyama argued that “something very fundamental has happened in world history”: alongside the conclusion of…

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What Happens to Our Digital Self When Our Physical Self Leaves?

By Yanely Lopez Illustration by Helena Nascimento Facebook Notification: “It’s Kristina’s birthday today! Say Happy Birthday.” Yet Kristina isn’t here anymore to see them. To see her ‘Happy 38th’ wishes. The photos, comments, or memories we share on her wall. But her digital presence remains, as a persistent echo of her life, frozen in time…

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