Vengeance vs. mercy: Monte Cristo & Jean Valjean in real life by Nicolás Boullosa on October 5, 2022 In our interactions, so much boils down to the charged interpretation we make of revenge and forgiveness. Revenge can feel …
Risk aversion getting in the way of essential breakthroughs by Nicolás Boullosa on June 23, 2022 It’s challenging to bring urgency to diffuse problems whose dire consequences happen over time, bringing fatalism to the situation —and …
Why the consensus on facts, opinion & experience has weakened by Nicolás Boullosa on February 9, 2022 Internet “culture” relies on the activity taking place at its core or constellation of services and most engaged users. The …
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 …
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 …
Epojé: repensar la Ilustración para integrar la naturaleza by Nicolás Boullosa on May 19, 2021 El físico teórico John Archibald Wheeler, experto en relatividad general y física de partículas, fue consciente de haber nacido en …
Erich Fromm: erosión de verdad/libertad en tiempos convulsos by Nicolás Boullosa on February 9, 2021 En 1941, Erich Fromm, refugiado ya en Estados Unidos por el ascenso del nazismo, la posterior persecución de judíos y …
Una maleta negra, recuerdos de Ibiza y unos meses de 1939-40 by Nicolás Boullosa on December 2, 2020 Décadas de estabilidad política y relativa prosperidad pueden hacernos perder la perspectiva y creer que, a lo largo de la …
Por qué la tecnología sin humanismo es un riesgo para la Red by Nicolás Boullosa on October 14, 2020 Para José Ortega y Gasset, la evolución del mundo tecnificado planteaba retos que, a la larga, serían muy difíciles de …
