Our cultural sense of “permanent emergency” (as seen in pop culture) by Nicolás Boullosa on November 6, 2024 Can we escape the never-ending election mode now that the US elections are over? I’ll try, nonetheless. Exploring pop culture’s …
Self-discovery & risk-taking in today’s teens: nature/nurture by Nicolás Boullosa on January 26, 2023 In The Labyrinth of Solitude, Mexican poet and diplomat Octavio Paz grasped in a few lines the true meaning of …
Finding a purpose in today’s world: Elias from “Märzengrund” by Nicolás Boullosa on January 15, 2023 Some people turn away from the doctrines of a profit-oriented society and decide to live a simpler life in tune …
Simone Weil fought alienation with humanism, overcame angst by Nicolás Boullosa on January 13, 2022 She was frail, opinionated, stubborn, short-sighted, and prone to get sick. Coming from an urban, intellectual family, she also excelled …
Mindset & outcome: from paths not taken to those yet to take by Nicolás Boullosa on January 2, 2022 No matter how free and disinhibited we feel, our behavior deals with expectations of society and others upon us, as …
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 …
La empresa activa más antigua mantiene edificios tradicionales by Nicolás Boullosa on June 9, 2021 En 1912, Antonio Machado publicaba Campos de Castilla, que incluía unos poemas bajo el epígrafe de Parábolas; la tercera parábola …
Salir de la rueda de hámster: rendimiento, fatiga y burnout by Nicolás Boullosa on September 22, 2020 Agustín de Hipona abandonó el maniqueísmo, su creencia de juventud. Sin embargo, nunca olvidó la esencia de enseñanzas que habían …
