Being optimistic despite the gerontocraZy may feel revolutionary by Nicolás Boullosa on July 18, 2024 The zeitgeist had a recipe for us in July. It’s a dish served cold. It includes sports, polarization, and tension …
Engineering Eden: lessons from remote Fordlândia 100 years later by Nicolás Boullosa on July 11, 2024 Henry Ford sought to control his rubber supply by building Fordlândia, a model community in the Amazon. But transplanting the …
Unofficial history of databases, from tally sticks to passports by Nicolás Boullosa on July 4, 2024 Humans have managed to store information in different formats to avoid the fallibility of memory. However, keeping track of life, …
Before vanlife: revisiting the quest for meaning & “home” in transience by Nicolás Boullosa on June 26, 2024 Life on the road is all about transience. Unsurprisingly, a country forged by a narrative around pioneers moving west feels …
From Woodstock, VT to Concord, MA: the birth of (one idea of) a nation by Nicolás Boullosa on June 18, 2024 As a heatwave pummels the eastern US, here’s a fresh view of our impressions of visiting some charming cities and …
On the riddle of consciousness and human vision: a tale of light from darkness by Nicolás Boullosa on June 5, 2024 Observe a baby with attention, and you’ll see that early on, he’ll cover his eyes with his hands to make …
Dual role of wood in human history: a blessing & a curse by Nicolás Boullosa on May 30, 2024 Old wood-clad houses know how to age, drawing inspiration from ancient woodworking. But why does modernity feel uneasy with weathered …
Embracing a third culture: our family’s journey from Europe to the US by Nicolás Boullosa on May 22, 2024 A reader asks how our acclimatization to life in America is going. Here’s an account of how we navigate education, …
Designing homes that age well & adapt to life’s different stages by Nicolás Boullosa on May 15, 2024 From the sandwich generation to the boomerang generation, homes undergo makeovers that don’t seem aligned with life’s events. This can …
Utopian progress & architecture of collapse: Bayocean, Futurism & The Line by Nicolás Boullosa on May 9, 2024 If there’s one thing shared by intense poets, self-made magnates, and big dignitaries, it’s their ambition to try to reach …
