Teaching architectural projects is a speculative practice of thought, creativity and shaped by the contingencies of adverse situations. In the leap from the postmodern to the digital, we have fallen into an era of a smooth surface that does not oppose intellectual resistance. The messages received in university classrooms, media, and social networks are stripped of effective negativity, subjugating themselves to the complacency of the ‘like’ culture. How can we avoid educational paralysis against the anesthetics injected by society itself ? The projectual self-sabotage is a direct product of this anti-Trojan situation and represents the most recurrent pedagogical tripwire in design studios. Since students are not trained in critical thinkin...