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 …
Mindset & outcome: from paths not taken to those yet to take by Nicolás Boullosa on January 2, 2022 No matter how free and disinhibited we feel, our behavior deals with expectations of society and others upon us, as …
Why do we see injustice in humans but not nature (& effects) by Nicolás Boullosa on December 25, 2021 We are wired to cheer for the underdog, but do we empathize with the weak? Not necessarily —as long as …
When pioneer air pilots brought mail, hope & life-affirmation by Nicolás Boullosa on December 16, 2021 When Joseph Kessel sat down to write about an aviator from the early era of airmail, his own experience as …
Tradition & free will: on the little things we can transform by Nicolás Boullosa on December 9, 2021 In our instinctive attempt to give meaning to events around us, our species has developed an ability to make stories …
Language & thought: why words’ nuances make it hard for AI by Nicolás Boullosa on December 1, 2021 In a short time, chatbots have evolved to the point of passing as “intelligent.” A machine passes as “intelligent” if …
Heterotopias: living lessons from destination communities by Nicolás Boullosa on November 25, 2021 Since they were born, our three children have visited a space whose layout they seem to naturally understand and benefit …
