End of shop class, and what it means for (most-needed) manual trades by Nicolás Boullosa on March 16, 2022 In the summer of 2006, Mathew B. Crawford had the urge to explain what was happening to “shop class” across …
What urbanites seek in mountain valleys & periurban hamlets by Nicolás Boullosa on March 9, 2022 When a little over two weeks ago we embarked on a road trip, I did not know that crossing the …
What is left after war: Paul Celan at Todtnauberg by Nicolás Boullosa on February 28, 2022 “It feels like 1939,” commented Zvi to her neighbor, a 96-year-old Ukrainian who still remembers how European leaders had been …
On finding meaning & self-actualization in the little things by Nicolás Boullosa on February 16, 2022 As GenXers, we come from an era still defined by cinema, TV, and music hit lists blasted on the radio …
Why the consensus on facts, opinion & experience has weakened by Nicolás Boullosa on February 9, 2022 Internet “culture” relies on the activity taking place at its core or constellation of services and most engaged users. The …
Nonplaces (physical & online): what convenience takes from us by Nicolás Boullosa on February 2, 2022 I often would go through Rue du Paradis for two years, in Paris’ 9th arrondissement (borough). This city area, a …
Do cumulative culture & extreme imitation prevent breakthroughs? by Nicolás Boullosa on January 26, 2022 The story of a man who lived a normal life with a hollowed-out brain pushed as a thin membrane into …
SimCity-like arcologies as self-sustaining living ecosystems by Nicolás Boullosa on January 19, 2022 When we recently visited the courtyard of 25 Verde, the condominium of 63 wooden-shingle-clad apartments on a five-story, corten steel …
Simone Weil fought alienation with humanism, overcame angst by Nicolás Boullosa on January 13, 2022 She was frail, opinionated, stubborn, short-sighted, and prone to get sick. Coming from an urban, intellectual family, she also excelled …
Exploration sagas: from the Greenland Norse to a lunar outpost by Nicolás Boullosa on January 6, 2022 During the so-called Little Ice Age, winters in temperate zones of the northern hemisphere became more prolonged and so severe …