System Anomalies

Analyze glitches in social systems, technological surveillance, and digital age mysteries that shape modern life.

13 articles

The Dyatlov Pass Incident: The Dead Mountain

In the indigenous Mansi language, it had a name long before Russian explorers arrived: Kholat Syakhl. Dead Mountain....

In 2010, a paranormal researcher named Fiona Broome was at a convention when she mentioned something about Nelson Mandel...

You walk into a room you have never entered before. And suddenly, you know this moment. Not vaguely. Specifically. The a...

In 2014, China's State Council released a document that would reshape the relationship between citizen and state. The Pl...

For most of human history, money was physical. Cowrie shells passed between hands in ancient markets. Gold and silver co...

Surveillance cameras spread through cities in waves. Every crisis pushed deployment forward. London led the charge, driv...

The phrase Internet of Things first appeared in 1999. Kevin Ashton coined it while working on supply chain technology at...

The experience of losing track of time is as old as human consciousness itself. Ancient texts from various civilizations...

In the early 1970s, American life was accelerating. Skyscrapers rose in cities. Factories produced endless consumer good...

The year was 1968. Humanity prepared to walk on the Moon. The Cold War defined global politics. Technology promised unli...

March 1974. A brush fire swept through the pine forests near Fort George Island, Florida. When the flames died down, the...

Be honest. When you lay your head on the pillow at night, you feel safe because you locked your door, because you set yo...

1943. Bletchley Park, a place shrouded in secrecy. There, a young mathematician, Alan Turing, wrestled with a problem th...