City life is in decline, the consequence of Covid & Technology combined. Welcome (again!), to suburbia life.
Fiction or non-fiction?
At the individual level, people have difficulties determining what is real and what is not. Thus they defer that judgement to some sort of authority. Or, even worse, they give up all efforts to understand and think critically. Welcome to the world of magical thinking.
Praise of the bizarre
As you give an account of your day to a friend or spouse, do you tell him that you brushed…
The decline of the catholic mass
In the last fifty years, the catholic mass has been trivialized to an unbelievable extent. To the Vatican, with love: here are a few ideas to improve the catholic mass, coming from a non-religious guy.
Good-bye, books / Adiós, libros
Books, as any other material things, can create strong emotional attachment with their users. Letting go of them can pose some challenges.
Homo flirtatious / Homo koketus
Homo flirtatious? Yes. But come to think about it, we might as well refer to him as “Homo Ludens”.
An unfinished business /Asignatura pendiente
Defining ourselves as Venezuelans, Argentinians or Mexicans is extremely short sighted, somewhat idiotic and definitely provincial. Spanish America has a lot in common and it is only the substantial commonalities what truly defines us as a nation.
Repeating shapes / Formas que se repiten
“Man, what the fuck do the Greeks have to do with anything?” Rusty James to his Dad (from Coppola’s “Rumble Fish” movie based on S.E. Hinton’s book)
On the wisdom of learning Mandarin
The great values of the West are in imminent peril and now the East rapidly gains relevance. A new world order is pushing to be born.
Precisely what we need right now
Life, as we know it, came almost to a full stop. Financial worries aside, this forced time at home is exactly what we need. Here is why.
