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  • HELLO TO NEW BEGININGS!
    • 0.1_Me
      • 0.1.1_ENGINEERING AND DESIGN
      • 0.1.2_GRAFIC DESIGN
      • 0.1.3_PHOTOGRAPHY
  • GUIDELINES
    • IMAGINING MY UTOPIAN FUTURE
    • KEY/GUIDING CONCEPTS
      • YING AND YANG
      • CREATING THROUGH INTROSPECTION
      • PURSUIT OF PERFECTION
      • THE IMPORTANCE OF TIMELINES
      • POSITIVE EVOLUTION FOR A BETTER FUTURE
      • LOVE AND CARE FOR MOTHER NATURE
      • RETHINKING BOUNDARIES
      • CHANGING PATHS TO SURVIVE
      • TECHNOLOGY FOR THE PEOPLE
      • REEVALUATE THE CONCEPT OF VALUE
  • CANCEL·LAT
    • CONTEXT PERSONAL
      • INSATISFACCIÓ LABORAL
      • QÜESTIONAR-HO TOT
      • UNA ADDICIÓ
      • EL RESULTAT DE L'ADICCIÓ
    • GLOBAL CONTEXT
    • WHAT IS CANCEL·LAT?
      • THE NEED FOR "CANCEL·LAT"
      • WHY "CANCEL·LAT"
      • A MESSAGE FOR THE COMMON GOOD
      • THE MESSAGE AS A TOOL
        • EDITORIAL PIECE
          • POSSIBLE ISSUES
          • FORM
        • AUDIOVISUAL CONTENT
        • TOKEN PRODUCTS
    • ACTIONS
      • WHAT TO EXPOSE?
        • PHONES AS THE NEW RELIGION
        • PHONES AS A SOCIALLY ACCEPTED DRUG
        • IS THE DIGITAL WORLD DESTROYING THE REAL WORLD?
      • PHILOSOFICAL INTERPRETATION
    • BRANDING
  • CREA
    • TERM 1
      • 1.0_LANDING
      • 1.1_DESIGN STUDIO
        • 1.1.1_DESIGN SPACE
        • 1.1.2_ATLAS OF WEAK SIGNALS
        • 1.1.3_INTERVENTIONS
          • 1.1.3.1_PERSONAL
            • 1.1.3.1.1_F*CK THE ELITES
            • 1.1.3.1.2_SMALL PODCASTS
          • 1.1.3.2_COLLECTIVE
            • 1.1.3.2.1_HUMAN BEHAVIOR.
            • 1.1.3.2.2_PET CREATOR AI
      • 1.2_DESIGN FABRICATION
        • 1.2.1_LASER MACHINE PROJECTS
        • 1.2.2_CNC MACHINE PROJECTS
        • 1.2.3_TILE PROJECT
      • 1.3_MACHINE PARADOX
      • 1.4_LIVING WITH YOUR OWN IDEAS
      • 1.5_EXTENDED INTELLIGENCES
      • 1.6_DESIGN WITH OTHERS
      • 1.7_BIOLOGY ZERO
      • 1.7_AGRICULTURE ZERO
      • 1.9_DESIGN DIALOGS
    • TERM 2
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    • TERM 3
    • FINAL PROJECT
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  1. CANCEL·LAT
  2. WHAT IS CANCEL·LAT?
  3. THE MESSAGE AS A TOOL
  4. EDITORIAL PIECE

POSSIBLE ISSUES

1. The Digital Cage: How Social Media and Smartphones Control Society

-How hyperconnectivity affects individual and collective psychology. -The impact of digital addiction on concentration, mental health, and social relationships. -Mass surveillance and the exploitation of personal data by tech giants. -How social media platforms manipulate opinions and shape public perception.

2. Consumerism and the Manufactured Need: The Role of Marketing & Advertising

-How advertising creates artificial desires and conditions human behavior. -The role of brands in perpetuating compulsive consumerism. -The connection between the current consumption model and environmental destruction. -The cycle of desire: work to buy, buy to feel good, feel empty, and repeat.

3. The Billionaire Class: How Extreme Wealth Harms Society

-The 1%’s accumulation of wealth and its influence over governments and laws. -How billionaires and corporations avoid taxes, shifting the financial burden onto the working class. -The myth of billionaire “philanthropy” and how it actually perpetuates inequality. -Why the existence of billionaires is incompatible with a just society.

4. The Illusion of Democracy: How Corporate Lobbying Controls Politics

-How corporations shape laws and policies to benefit themselves. -The purchase of governments and politicians through campaign funding and lobbying. -How regulations are designed to protect the rich while the majority remains powerless. -The illusion of electoral freedom and voter manipulation.

5. The Climate Lie: How Capitalism Profits from Environmental Destruction

-The destruction of the planet by oil, agribusiness, and mining corporations. -How "green" marketing and sustainability are used as PR tools for profit. -The role of elites in climate denial and their deliberate inaction. -Pollution, climate displacement, and resource exploitation in service of capital.

6. The Control of Knowledge: How Media and Academia Shape Public Opinion

-How corporate-controlled media creates narratives to protect power. -The influence of corporations on education and scientific research. -Censorship and disinformation: who decides what is "true"? -Psychological manipulation through language and propaganda.

7. The Future of Work: How Automation, AI, and Exploitation Are Redefining Labor

-The disappearance of jobs due to automation and artificial intelligence. -Modern labor exploitation: subcontracting, precarious work, and invisible workers. -How tech companies profit from free labor (data, content, attention). -The debate on universal basic income and alternatives to traditional work.

8. The Pharmaceutical Industry and the Business of Health

-A healthcare model based on profit rather than well-being. -The privatization of healthcare and the commodification of medical services. -How pharmaceutical companies prioritize treatment over cure. -Conflicts of interest in medical research and weak regulations.

9. The Housing Crisis: Who Really Owns Our Cities?

-How investment funds and real estate tycoons control the housing market. -Speculation on housing and the impossibility of having a dignified home. -Evictions and the lack of effective public housing policies. -The transformation of cities into commodities for tourists and investors.

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