Author Archives: Hayden Smith

“Not Everything Is Political” and the Quiet Cost of Switching Off

Hayden explores how “not everything is political” became a modern coping mechanism, and how apathy protects the status quo.

Politics by Proxy: What We Lose When Short Form Content Does Our Thinking for Us

Hayden explores how short-form explainers reshape political understanding, weaken our critical thinking and make misinformation harder to spot.