schadenfreude: pleasure derived by someone from another person’s misfortune. The recent developments in Artificial Intelligence sure make it sound like the next technological revolution is around the corner. Many see AIs writing articles, creating beautiful(?) complex images, and even replacing Star Wars characters and can’t help but see the inevitable…

The rolling hills filled with leathery trunks, moss growing on rock, and miles of trees shaped like bronchioles were a memory of the past. The younger ones would never know them. Now everything was scorched and salted earth, dust, and death everywhere. Now the water was an uninhabitable plastic soup…

Is existence pain? Can we ever truly become whole as long as we are conscious subjects? — [The following contains some spoilers from Gus Moreno’s novel This Thing Between Us] Most people I know don’t like horror. “Why would you subject yourself to that?” they ask. But some of the stranger ones of us don’t just like it. We love horror. It’s because horror is one of…

Guillermo del Toro’s American Nightmare — [Warning: Spoilers] ”Film Noir is the poetry of disillusionment and existentialism. It’s the real grittiness that comes out of American realism — those films that channel the same spirit as Edward Hopper.” –Guillermo del Toro I used to believe the American Dream was real. Maybe not in our time, but…

La filosofía de Jean Paul Sartre nos ayuda a descubrir nuestra responsabilidad — Me he vuelto extremadamente susceptible a la cantidad masiva de basura, exceso y contaminación que le imponemos a nuestro planeta. …

I have become susceptible to what I see as the massive amounts of waste and pollution we impose on our planet. Last weekend, as I walked along a beautiful beach next to a glistening turquoise sea, I spotted on the otherwise pristine white sand a collection of trash: bottles of…

“I fast for greater physical and mental efficiency.” –Plato I once spent about 10 days fasting. Everyone has an opinion about fasting. Fasting is the magic cure for all your problems. Fasting is for Silicon Valley “life hackers”. Fasting is for Joe Rogan or Gwyneth cultists. Fasting is trendy. Except…

Design won’t make the world a better place unless we make it happen — 1. Design Evocatio When Roman generals aimed to conquer a new city, they had plenty of technological tools and tactics, but one of the most interesting ones is a spiritual technique that rarely gets discussed: Evocatio. Evocatio was a ritual in which the invading Roman army would adopt and worship the Gods of…