Tbilisi, Georgia, and the Political Act of Illegibility

Between East and West, past and platform, Georgia resists the soft violence of being understood too easily.

This is the next stop in Dispatches from Places Not Yet Absorbed by the Algorithm — a series about destinations that resist being rendered, looped, or simplified. You can start with the first entry, on Folegandros, Greece, and if this resonates, subscribe to follow the rest of the series as it unfolds.

Tbilisi is one of the last major capitals in Europe …