You say tomato, we say topsoil: interdependence of soil biodiversity and health by Nicolás Boullosa on April 13, 2023 For most of our species’ timeline, humans foraged and hunted/fished for food. The advent of agriculture ultimately led to population …
A winter energy chaos that never was: renewables & efficiency avoid crisis by Nicolás Boullosa on April 10, 2023 When rumors of a Russian invasion of Ukraine were turning into war logistics along the border in real-time, a friend …
Trust & share: how humans domesticated themselves, then animals by Nicolás Boullosa on March 30, 2023 To prepare for our visit to London’s Cabinet War Rooms, the bunkered basement beneath the Treasury building from where Winston …
Alan Watts is alive online: contradictions of a pop philosopher by Nicolás Boullosa on March 22, 2023 Elliot Mintz is a veteran consultant in his late seventies with a modern, clean look, trimmed straw blond hair, and …
Weight-loss & drug detox in the era of Ozempic & ibogaine by Nicolás Boullosa on March 16, 2023 A new generation of medicines promises to cure the pervasive and highly destructive “diseases of civilization,” partly behavioral, implying that …
Experimenting keeps the magic going: beware of dogmatic “tradition” by Nicolás Boullosa on March 9, 2023 Thanks to the site and Kirsten’s YT channel, we’re lucky to be exposed to lots of architecture and (sometimes brilliant, …
Beyond electrolysis: do reservoirs of pure hydrogen exist? by Nicolás Boullosa on March 1, 2023 Despite its easy logistics and flexibility (it can be used in fuel cells and adapted to combustion engines), hydrogen is …
What innovation owes to an obscure pre-Socratic philosopher by Nicolás Boullosa on February 23, 2023 According to Thomas Edison, innovation follows a 1%-inspiration-to-99%-perspiration ratio. Work, tinkering, and attitude can help deliver some breakthroughs. But Edison’s …
David Deutsch: preserving the means of error correction is “morality” by Nicolás Boullosa on February 15, 2023 In a recent interview (or analysis, given the enunciatory style of his interviewer), heterodox physicist David Deutsch (author of The …
Fragmented narratives prevent ambitious sustainability goals by Nicolás Boullosa on February 9, 2023 I recall discussing with my old daughter a few months ago about the talent (or lack thereof) of one American …
