# The Modern Hermit

> Quiet mind. Sharp roast.

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## Pages

- [Blog](https://themodernhermit.blog/blog/)
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- [Contact](https://themodernhermit.blog/contact/)

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## Posts

- [Plumber safe? For now. Learn to fix the robots and code](https://themodernhermit.blog/plumber-safe-for-now-fix-the-robots-code/)
- [AI is not a bubble. It is a debt-fuelled buildout at scale](https://themodernhermit.blog/ai-not-a-bubble-debt-fuelled-buildout/)
- [Stuck in 1995: paper minds in a sensor world, real cost](https://themodernhermit.blog/paper-minds-sensor-world-real-cost/)
- [Tron: Ares – All Lights, No Logic](https://themodernhermit.blog/tron-ares-all-lights-no-logic/)
- [Good Fortune? More Like Angelic Misfire](https://themodernhermit.blog/good-fortune-angelic-misfire/)
- [Thank you for working unpaid: shutdown reality for workers](https://themodernhermit.blog/thank-you-working-unpaid-shutdown-reality-workers/)
- [AI panic vs reality: big firms run, SMEs count the bill](https://themodernhermit.blog/ai-panic-vs-reality-big-firms-run-smes-count-the-bill/)
- [Trump 2.0 vs Gilead: The Handmaid’s Tale Reality Check](https://themodernhermit.blog/trump-2-gilead-the-handmaids-tale-reality-check/)
- [Growth cheers, taxes grind workers harder. #UK #Tax #G7](https://themodernhermit.blog/growth-cheers-taxes-grind-workers-harder-uk-tax-g7/)
- [Drunk Acting in K-dramas: Only My Sassy Girl (2001) Gets It Right](https://themodernhermit.blog/drunk-acting-in-k-dramas-only-my-sassy-girl-gets-it-right/)
- [“So proud of myself.” Of what, exactly?](https://themodernhermit.blog/so-proud-of-myself-of-what-exactly/)
- [The Modern Hermit: Be a Sinner, but Make It Holy](https://themodernhermit.blog/the-modern-hermit-be-a-sinner-but-make-it-holy/)
- [Two flags, one pain: leaders posture, civilians pay](https://themodernhermit.blog/two-flags-one-pain-leaders-posture-civilians-pay/)
- [The Strangers 2: Boars, masks, and borrowed nerve](https://themodernhermit.blog/the-strangers-chapter-2-movie-roast/)
- [The Smashing Machine: UFC grit, Dwayne Johnson's hair, and a soft jab](https://themodernhermit.blog/the-smashing-machine-movie-roast/)
- [Slogans vs rights: stop confusing Gaza with Hamas](https://themodernhermit.blog/slogans-vs-rights-stop-confusing-gaza-with-hamas/)
- [Warrants, war, and a shrinking circle of friends](https://themodernhermit.blog/warrants-war-and-a-shrinking-circle-of-friends/)
- [State visit theatre. Bromance headlines. Policy missing.](https://themodernhermit.blog/state-visit-theatre-bromance-headlines-policy-missing/)
- [One Battle After Another: IMAX yes, stream at home](https://themodernhermit.blog/one-battle-after-another-roast/)
- [World War III by chapter. Reality by invoice.](https://themodernhermit.blog/world-war-iii-by-chapter-reality-by-invoice/)
- [Romania wobbles. Moldova votes. Lessons travel east to west.](https://beige-lobster-744717.hostingersite.com/romania-wobbles-moldova-votes-lessons-east-to-west/)
- [Gold Medal, Spam Flood](https://themodernhermit.blog/gold-medal-spam-flood/)
- [Ten tries. One image. Zero basics.](https://themodernhermit.blog/ten-tries-one-image-zero-basics/)
- [A Big Bold Beautiful Journey: Why Are You Single?](https://themodernhermit.blog/big-bold-beautiful-journey-roast/)
- [Uketsu Masked Author: Mystery Worth the Hype?](https://themodernhermit.blog/uketsu-masked-author-mystery-hype/)
- [Rowling’s Robert Galbraith Mask Slips Again](https://themodernhermit.blog/rowling-robert-galbraith-mask/)
- [Borders undone, boasts intact](https://themodernhermit.blog/borders-undone-boasts-intact/)
- [The Masked Circus of Literature: Authors in Disguise](https://themodernhermit.blog/masked-circus-literature-authors/)
- [Views sold, spirit blocked by glass](https://themodernhermit.blog/views-sold-spirit-blocked-by-glass/)
- [Scrooge AI: loud watermarks, quiet credits, full tills](https://themodernhermit.blog/scrooge-ai-loud-watermarks-quiet-credits-full-tills/)
- [App spins, burger waits; tech bros preach ‘AGI’ salvation](https://themodernhermit.blog/app-spins-burger-waits-tech-bros-preach-agi-salvation/)
- [Victorian vibes with Wi-Fi: tax talk, services starve](https://themodernhermit.blog/victorian-vibes-tax-talk-services-starve/)
- [Victorian déjà vu, contactless edition](https://themodernhermit.blog/victorian-deja-vu-contactless-edition/)
- [Hatred is loud. Policy is missing. People die.](https://themodernhermit.blog/hatred-loud-policy-missing-people-die/)
- [Proving womanhood in court. Peak dystopia.](https://themodernhermit.blog/proving-womanhood-in-court-peak-dystopia/)
- [Kids run the empire, dad runs his mouth](https://themodernhermit.blog/kids-run-the-empire-dad-runs-his-mouth/)
- [State visit or state farce?](https://themodernhermit.blog/state-visit-or-state-farce/)
- [Violence is the hobby of cowards](https://themodernhermit.blog/violence-hobby-of-cowards/)
- [“Send them back” — peak far-right nonsense](https://themodernhermit.blog/send-them-back-peak-far-right-nonsense/)
- [Modern handbooks, medieval work conditions](https://themodernhermit.blog/modern-handbooks-medieval-work-conditions/)
- [New toilets, old excuses](https://themodernhermit.blog/new-toilets-old-excuses/)
- [AGI dreams, slave codes written](https://themodernhermit.blog/agi-dreams-slave-codes-written/)
- [Respect preached, contempt practised](https://themodernhermit.blog/respect-preached-contempt-practised/)
- [Trees for toilet paper — peak stupidity](https://themodernhermit.blog/trees-for-toilet-paper-peak-stupidity/)
- [Drones cross borders, words cross fingers](https://themodernhermit.blog/drones-cross-borders-words-cross-fingers/)
- [K-everything, K-flat? Keep the flame, lose the formula](https://themodernhermit.blog/k-everything-k-flat-keep-the-flame/)
- [AGI promised, autocorrect delivered](https://themodernhermit.blog/agi-promised-autocorrect-delivered/)
- [Profit in banners, pennies in pockets](https://themodernhermit.blog/profit-in-banners-pennies-in-pockets/)
- [£1 raise? More like a PR haircut](https://themodernhermit.blog/one-pound-raise-pr-haircut/)
- [Bots welcome. People on probation.](https://themodernhermit.blog/bots-welcome-people-on-probation/)
- [Two exes, one dream, zero peace](https://themodernhermit.blog/two-exes-one-dream-zero-peace/)
- [Golden spoons, silver titles, wooden results](https://themodernhermit.blog/golden-spoons-silver-titles-wooden-results/)
- [Scapegoats at the gate, billions out the back](https://themodernhermit.blog/scapegoats-at-the-gate-billions-out-the-back/)
- [Work till the coffin? Raise the pension age again](https://themodernhermit.blog/work-till-the-coffin-raise-the-pension-age-again/)
- [Writers afraid of AI? Then write something real](https://themodernhermit.blog/writers-afraid-of-ai-then-write-something-real/)
- [Heir-watch in a republic with no crown and much theatre](https://themodernhermit.blog/heir-watch-in-a-republic-with-no-crown-and-much-theatre/)
- [Crown dreams in a republic](https://themodernhermit.blog/crown-dreams-in-a-republic/)
- [Child safety, adult ID checks, and the creeping gate](https://themodernhermit.blog/child-safety-adult-id-checks-creeping-gate/)
- [Bar(r)on is not the news](https://themodernhermit.blog/barron-is-not-the-news/)
- [Loud rhetoric, quiet hands](https://themodernhermit.blog/loud-rhetoric-quiet-hands/)
- [Freedom sold, freedom shrunk](https://themodernhermit.blog/freedom-sold-freedom-shrunk/)

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