Press enter or click to view image in full sizeIntellectual CannibalismDiogo Vicente Mendes4 min read·Just nowJust now--Somewhere along the way, progress turned carnivorous. The future is a vending machine that eats your hand. You insert a coin, pick a movie, a song, a tool, and the arm clamps down. You don’t get the product. You get access. You can hear it, watch it, experience it, until the license expires or the platform forgets you exist. Then it disappears. No refund. No explanation. Another quiet eras ...