Can you regulate the architecture of attention? The new DSA enforcement cases treat fines as a solution — but the real question is whether an algorithm designed to maximise engagement is compatible with democratic discourse at all.

Regulation of platform architecture is not unprecedented — we regulate buildings, roads, financial products. The challenge is whether we have the technical vocabulary to write enforceable rules about algorithmic design.

Every mass medium before this one also threatened democratic discourse — print, radio, television. We survived all of them. The question isn't whether we'll survive social media. It's understanding how, and speeding that up.

The IPCC "1.5°C threshold" framing has been powerful but may distort policy. Every 0.1° matters. There is no cliff edge. The binary creates a dangerous illusion of a safe zone — and gives political actors an excuse to do just enough to stay below it.

The Central European narrative of "backsliding on democracy" consistently misses local context — what democracy meant pre-1989. We’re not regressing, we’re having a different argument about what liberal democracy actually requires.