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, …
Ultraprocessed people: a calory-high, nutrient-poor reality by Nicolás Boullosa on July 27, 2023 Humans have been processing food in several ways since the beginning. Related species of hominins cooked and processed their food, …
From spice trade to semiconductors: rise of neo-mercantilism by Nicolás Boullosa on November 2, 2022 Software and semiconductors have become a part of the digital and physical world in such a pervasive way that we …
How access to water, pools & streams can improve homes/towns by Nicolás Boullosa on April 21, 2022 Christopher Alexander states in #64 of his “pattern languages” for architecture and urbanism that “We need constant access to water, …
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 …
Por qué la semántica del «intercambio colombino» debe cambiar by Nicolás Boullosa on June 11, 2020 De todos los actos colectivos que llevamos a cabo en el presente, ¿cuáles son aquellas acciones y convicciones que —creemos— …
