Evil, Ph.D.

Bullshitologist Emeritus · Couch Philosopher · Witness of Systems Collapse

I document how illusions fail after the optimism wears off. I don't coach. I don't console. I leave what remains where it can be examined.

Long-form essays on culture, systems and the mechanics that shape daily life. Each hub is a focused dossier with essays gathered as evidence.

Featured Essays

Current field notes from the archive.

A corporate executive gestures from a glass office with vacant desks behind them while digital graphs and security badges float in the background, suggesting efficiency worship amidst layoffs.

Dead-Eye Efficiency

Layoff rituals are framed as sacred efficiency as AI metrics eclipse responsibility and survivors are trained to justify the purge.

A solitary traveler standing still in a crowded transit corridor, surrounded by glowing directional arrows pointing forward, holding a suitcase as movement flows past him.

The Cult of More

How growth culture turns movement into virtue, rest into failure and enough into a quiet scandal.

A human hand reaches toward a glowing circular interface floating in space, surrounded by stars, planets and abstract geometric elements.

The Illusion of Control

How wealth, health, fame and planning rely on a control myth that repeatedly collapses under chance, accident and mortality.

Hubs

Organized investigations, not categories.

Platform Decay & Metric Worship

Autopsies of platforms where judgment collapses into metrics, discovery into distribution and culture into optimization loops.

Hustle Culture & Grind Myths

Essays on hustle ideology and grind myths that convert anxiety and exhaustion into moral obligation and public performance.