Reality Check: Can You Trust What You See?
Six finite investigations into attention, context and online evidence.
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INDEPENDENT IDEAS. UNEXPECTED ANGLES.
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A little less scrolling. A little more wonder.
Original stories and hands-on experiments
for a different kind of screen time.
Try something differentAbout 6 minutes. Inspect a fragment, then reveal its context.
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EXPLORE A COLLECTIONReality Check: Can You Trust What You See?
Six finite investigations into attention, context and online evidence.
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EXPLORE A COLLECTIONSmall Decisions, Strange Outcomes
Follow four original stories and two working models from a crowded queue to a rule worth revisiting.
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EXPLORE A COLLECTIONThe Internet & Your Brain
A feed, a number, a headline. Look closer at the small decisions shaping what you notice and believe.
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YOUR NEXT FINITE ADVENTURE
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Follow an idea to its ending.
Four original stories and two different experiences in each route. No sign-up to explore.
Small Decisions, Strange Outcomes
Follow four original stories and two working models from a crowded queue to a rule worth revisiting.
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THE FIRST COLLECTION
The Internet & Your Brain
A feed, a number, a headline. Look closer at the small decisions shaping what you notice and believe.
Explore the collection02 / THREE WAYS TO GET INTO IT
Don’t just take it in.
Get something out of it.
A story. A decision. A question to pass along.
Pick the way you want to explore.
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For You
Your interests. Your time.
A finite selection of stories and experiences. Made to fit the time you actually have.
Build your program/02
Try It
Take an idea for a test drive.
Make the decisions. See the consequences. Feel how an everyday system works.
Take the controls/03
Explore Together
A question worth sharing.
Follow the clues at your own pace, then send the case to someone equally curious.
Follow a clue03 / THE FIRST EXPERIMENT
PLAYABLE NOW · 6 MINYour feed.
Your rules.
Now what?
You control the algorithm. Make six decisions and watch attention, trust, and variety pull in different directions.
Your feed. Your call.A FICTIONAL MODEL. REAL QUESTIONS. NO PERFECT SCORE.
04 / FROM THE ODDOSCOPE DESK
Small stories.
A wider field of view.
A Feed Is a Choice
Three posts, one top slot, and a surprisingly important definition of “better.”
The Frame Around the Fact
A garden, two parking spaces, and the questions a description invites you to ask.
A Popular Post Is Not a Representative Sample
A thousand replies can tell you something useful without telling you what everybody thinks.
What Would Change Your Mind?
Give a belief an exit condition before the next persuasive screenshot arrives.
A Screenshot Is Not the Whole Story
The pixels may be genuine while the story around them needs another look.
When Two Headlines Describe One Event
An editing-room exercise in choosing a comparison without losing the event.
The Difference Between a Ranking and a Verdict
First in a list is an answer to a sorting rule, not the end of your investigation.
The Frame Is an Instruction
Separate what a frame shows from the task it asks you to perform.
What the Crop Leaves Out
Restore the unit, comparison and time window before accepting a visual claim.
Follow the Link, Not the Logo
Trace evidence beyond the page that wants your trust, and distinguish repetition from corroboration.
A Note Worth Passing On
Finish Reality Check with a bounded claim, an evidence trail and a clear reason to revisit it.
The Shortest Line Is Not the Whole System
One customer leaves sooner. The room can still wait longer. A fictional repair desk makes the missing measurement visible.
A Small Chance in a Large Room
A fictional invitation filter catches most wanted messages. That does not tell you what an alert means. Start with the whole room.
Leave a Better Rule
End the route with a fictional shared-resource agreement that can be observed, challenged and revised, instead of a perfect-looking score.
THE ODDOSCOPE WAY
More perspective.
Less autopilot.
Original ideas. Honest explanations. Experiences with an ending.
Made for people who like asking one more question.