Things where AI is an ally: deciphering damaged ancient texts by Nicolás Boullosa on October 19, 2023 At this point, we’ve been reading, and sometimes avoiding due to exhaustion, about the risks of the unraveling of AI …
How the Late Bronze Age’s Eastern Mediterranean still resonates by Nicolás Boullosa on October 12, 2023 When it comes to cyclical, apparently impossible-to-solve conflicts in the world, the Middle East (also the Near East) never disappoints …
Is it possible to build moderate-income aspirational housing in CA? by Nicolás Boullosa on October 5, 2023 When raised between different cultures and places, our experiences make us who we are, allowing us to see the world …
Big & homogeneous isn’t better: on decentralized food systems by Nicolás Boullosa on September 28, 2023 In his book When More is Not Better, Canadian management professor Roger Martin explains the consequences of decades of efficiency …
Post-rumination: how a writer & a songwriter overcame depression by Nicolás Boullosa on September 20, 2023 Less known than the current enfant terrible of French literature Michel Houellebecq, writer Emmanuel Carrère published an engaging yet painful …
What a solar installation boom tells about a multipolar world by Nicolás Boullosa on September 14, 2023 New laws and incentives are finally promoting large-scale residential solar installation to produce, store, and resell power back to the …
Wright Brothers to Ivo Zdarsky: Nature of makeshift aviation by Nicolás Boullosa on September 7, 2023 British historian and essayist Peter Frankopan opens his recent book The Earth Transformed (an attempt to write about the human …
In a year of extreme weather events, past cataclysms help learn by Nicolás Boullosa on August 30, 2023 The Perito Moreno Glacier dam rupture is a recurrent partial collapse over the Brazo Rico and Brazo Sur branches of …
Going barefoot can improve mood & health (like forest bathing) by Nicolás Boullosa on August 23, 2023 When Patti Smith released “Dancing Barefoot” as the second single of her album “Wave,” she was onto something. She dedicated …
Macroalgae forests boost exquisite (& healthy) food like nori & kombu by Nicolás Boullosa on August 17, 2023 When we think of vast, majestic forests, all we can see are rainforests, boreal forests, or even the last primeval …
