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Hello, Observers of the end of the world!
Finally, I decided to take the idea of writing out of my head — literally, since it hadn’t even made it to paper yet. I had been thinking about it for a long time, but various things held me back: fear, embarrassment, laziness, and even a lack of time. But then I stepped away from Instagram and started spending more time here; there was a whole migration to this space, and a lot of people began writing. That fueled the desire further. Perhaps it’s a touch of nostalgia—after all, years ago I ran a few blogs, either solo or in partnerships, back in the pre-social media boom era—but it’s also a genuine urge to write about what I’ve been studying, researching, and thinking about.
But first, I’d like to introduce myself and the concept behind this publication. My background spans both the humanities and the hard sciences—hence the combination of the concept of the “absurd” (hello, existentialists!) and the “stochastic” (derived from complex random processes). Furthermore, the reference to the “Doomsday Clock” evokes the Cold War era—a period that holds a particular fascination for me—and the notion of an imminent apocalypse. Yet, it also connects to the “end of the world” we face today, with its own absurd, complex, and stochastic challenges. That is also where the idea of "capsules" came from; the term struck me as more fitting than “notes.”
The goal, then, is to offer some—entirely unpretentious—reflections on the absurdities of the third millennium, blending philosophy, technology, politics, statistics, and culture.
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Note: This text was originally published on Substack on June 14, 2025. It has been relaunched here in 2026—now without intermediaries, without a corporate server, and without an algorithm dictating who sees it. The migration itself is already the first act of digital sovereignty.