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 …
Crisis Urbanism: medieval citadels to Soleri’s arcologies by Nicolás Boullosa on November 19, 2021 William Gibson was 22 when he visited a 1970 exhibition hosted by Paolo Soleri, an idealist architect who envisioned self-contained …
Zen and the ephemeral: why light and vistas improve our wellbeing by Nicolás Boullosa on November 11, 2021 Not only orientation and exposure to daylight but views from a room, a house, or an office affect our mood …
Life high in the mountains, primitivism & simple living by Nicolás Boullosa on November 3, 2021 In 1905, a 24-year-old artist who had decided to leave Barcelona for Paris at the turn of the century in …
Futurism vs neo-Luddism: battle of frontiers of thought/tech by Nicolás Boullosa on October 25, 2021 For its proximity to San Francisco, mild weather, access to the outdoors such as Tamalpais, the old hippy enclaves by …
Nature, nurture: Spinoza & Giordano Bruno on things big/small by Nicolás Boullosa on October 18, 2021 In 1927, French novelist Romain Rolland wrote a letter to Sigmund Freud in which he described why humans might be …
Fleeing a burnout society: modern work & self-actualization by Nicolás Boullosa on October 11, 2021 Back in the ’80s, when a new economic orthodoxy was pushing for market liberalization and offshore production, a South Korean …
“Freedom to” vs “freedom from”: why our attitude determines fate by Nicolás Boullosa on October 5, 2021 This is not a shortlist of to-do things to be free, but we wish there was a way to rationalize …
