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The Decoded | July 2025 | By Lisanne 01.07 Advice is brittle and context-dependent. Someone can give you a profound piece of advice, but if it…
The Decoded | April 2025 | By Lisanne 11.4 Cellphones are not only addictive, they are designed to be. Thanks for reading! The journal…
The Decoded | April 2025 | By Lisanne 10.4 The system is often invisible to those who are woven into it. The hidden cues have been…
The Decoded | April 2025 | By Lisanne 9.4 How does someone recognise love if they’re unfamiliar to it? For those who were loved as a baby,…
The Decoded | March 2025 | By Lisanne 28.3 In the arts we often overemphasize the idea that we can know what others will love. We think…
Ever seen a bird, freshly born and out of its nest, chirping alongside its hungry siblings, fighting over a worm—while its parents hand him a copy of Flying for Dummies?No?
The Decoded | March 2025 | By Lisanne 26.3 Every moment you feel bad about not tackling something is another moment you are not tackling it. …