Invisible architecture: how the way we look at things shapes reality by Nicolás Boullosa on February 12, 2026 We don’t just move through the world: we can help compose it with attention (and intention). The same street can …
The housing ladder broke ages ago. What can prefab & modular do? by Nicolás Boullosa on January 29, 2026 Blame interest rates. Blame investors. Easier than admitting America stopped building enough homes, never modernized construction, and quietly relies on …
When the alarm never stops: attention in an age of permanent emergency by Nicolás Boullosa on January 22, 2026 In a time of constant alerts, moral urgency, and outrage, attention dissolves into a permanent state of alarm, eroding judgment. …
The elephant’s belly: an urchin living inside Napoleon’s monument by Nicolás Boullosa on January 15, 2026 Some monuments were never meant to be inhabited. Yet in 19th-century Paris, a child lived inside the hollow body of …
Normal until it breaks: A modern life with few redundancies by Nicolás Boullosa on January 10, 2026 How car crashes, blackouts, and bureaucratic glitches reveal the fragility of our optimized world—and why resilience now means living with …
Why we still want humans to hesitate: preparation vs. memorization by Nicolás Boullosa on December 30, 2025 In an age of bland scripts—human and machine—we’re oddly hungry for the stumble. The pause, the self-correction, the sentence that …
Rise of the agentic web: capturing your attention isn’t the point anymore by Nicolás Boullosa on December 18, 2025 The internet is no longer primarily a human attention market: it is becoming a machine substrate, and indie sites are …
The other Camino trail: teachings from the path beneath the path by Nicolás Boullosa on December 10, 2025 I walked the Camino at 19 with friends, no money, and even less spirituality. But somewhere between the fog and …
When places speak through people: revisiting Sonoma by way of a sculptor by Nicolás Boullosa on December 4, 2025 Sometimes a stranger’s note brings a whole story flooding back: redwoods, copper surfaces, a tea house, sculptures people “use”… Remembering …
Hot springs & human culture: the overlooked energy beneath our feet by Nicolás Boullosa on November 26, 2025 Hot springs have soothed bodies and shaped cultures from Scandinavia to Japan for thousands of years. But the same ancient …
