October 2026
THREADS, INVISIBLE CONNECTIONS
RELATION BEFORE FORM
A thread does not make the labyrinth simple. It preserves the path as we move through complexity.
The October issue traces the relations that hold systems together: from Ariadne’s thread, computing and AI in public administration to railways, the drone industry, urban mobility and dental prosthetics. It then returns to fire, language, business forms and the sport of the future—and pauses at news stories that are real, yet sound as though the system itself were dreaming them.
Elements change. The question remains: what happens when a relation is no longer merely a connection between finished things, but the place where direction, responsibility and meaning take shape?
Relation before form.
Theme of the month
Issue theme
A Thread Through the Labyrinth
How invisible relations shape the paths we take—from Ariadne’s thread to computer threads, mesh networks, Semonika and Deus sive Relatio.
Beyond the month’s theme
Field
When the State Uses AI, Who Answers to the Citizen?
AI can accelerate a government decision. It must not obscure who made it, under what rule, or whom the citizen can turn to.
When the Train Becomes a Network
From automated track inspection and the digital coupler to PTC and the Novi Sad–Herne intermodal service.
Drones in Serbia: Who Makes Them, Who Assembles Them—and Who Actually Flies Them?
Serbia’s drone industry between design, assembly, imports and genuine operational know-how.
E-Scooters in Traffic: We Regulated the Rider—but Who Regulates the System?
E-scooters, bicycles and pedestrians need separate, legible movement flows more than they need another ban.
AI in Prosthodontics — From Scan to Crown
What dental technicians gain, what they must relearn, and where the digital workflow still depends on the hand.
AI — Fire 2.0 and the Purpose of Life
From the first earthly light to a model that processes traces of the world, the choice of what becomes a consequence remains human.
Lorem Ipsum — The Text Designed to Mean Nothing
Text that fills the space perfectly while steadfastly refusing to say anything.
Pro Forma / Pro-Fill — The Form and the Fill
Document, form and content across a logistics chain in which information often moves before the goods.
Superintelligence by the Hour
When the headline promises superintelligence but the calculation prices an hour of humanoid labour, responsibility remains unaccounted for.
To close
Last page
SHIT—STOP! II — Munich 2058
A competition in which victory does not mean replacing everything, but preserving as many original parts as possible.