physics
Hamiltonian
In physics, the Hamiltonian describes total energy and governs evolution through time—in surveillance capitalism, someone else wrote your equation.
$ cat /tag/energy/
physics
Transformer
The electromagnetic device that steps voltage up and down teaches us everything about how attention gets converted into capital in the digital age.
thermodynamics
Heat Pump
You're not generating content—you're being mined for thermal energy in a system designed to extract more than it returns.
thermodynamics
First Law of Thermodynamics
Energy cannot be created or destroyed in a closed system—but your attention can be endlessly converted into someone else's profit.
thermodynamics
Enthalpy
Every interaction costs energy you'll never get back—thermodynamics knows what the platforms won't tell you.
physics
Wattage
Every notification is a joule per second, and you're the circuit being driven to dissipate heat.