Cog & Culture

Reflective Essays from Our Philosophical Parlour

Where brass gears meet brainy discourse. Explore how our pink-steampunk world mirrors, mocks, and reimagines modern anxieties through thoughtful analysis and whimsical speculation.

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The Etiquette of Aether-Mail

What if our digital communications followed Victorian calling card protocols? An exploration of privacy, propriety, and personal boundaries through pastel-tinted goggles.

By Professor Algernon Brassfield

December 15, 202412 min read

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SocietyDecember 8, 2024

Steam-Powered Social Networks: A Manifesto

Imagine if likes were brass tokens, manually delivered by pneumatic tube. Would we be more thoughtful about our digital applause? A meditation on meaningful connection.

Lady Millicent Sterling

15 min read

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CultureDecember 1, 2024

The Pink Revolution: Femininity in Industrial Aesthetics

How cotton-candy hues challenge the masculine coding of mechanical spaces. An examination of gender, color theory, and the radical act of painting gears pink.

Captain Rosalind Gearwright

18 min read

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PhilosophyNovember 24, 2024

Clockwork Consciousness: Time in the Age of Instant

When everything happens now, what becomes of patience? Exploring how Victorian time-keeping rituals might restore rhythm to our breathless digital dance.

Dr. Cornelius Tickworth

20 min read

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TechnologyNovember 17, 2024

The Brass-Plated Panopticon: Surveillance Through Steam

If Victorian inventors had created social media, would brass telescopes peer into our parlours? A speculative history of privacy and its pink-tinted future.

Professor Algernon Brassfield

16 min read

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CultureNovember 10, 2024

Corsets and Code: Constraint as Creative Framework

How the restrictive becomes the generative. Drawing parallels between Victorian fashion and modern programming paradigms through a steampink lens.

Ada Brassington

14 min read

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