La rebelión necesaria
La vida, en su esencia más desnuda, es una sucesión de eventos que desafían la lógica y las expectativas humanas. Esta idea, explorada por Albert Camus en “El mito de …
Sociedad
Spoiled Children, Picky Lovers
In our materialistic culture, one of the biggest complaints one hears about our middle-class children these days is that they are so spoiled. No matter how many things and paid-for …
How Numbness Drives Modern Young People To Violence
I have been reading a lot of articles lately about modern young people. They tell me that Gen Z is composed of people who tend to self-isolate a lot and …
The Downside Of Escaping From The Real World
Frequently, when we think of the addition of a new technology to our daily lives, we think in terms of the amount of frictionless relief from stress that it is …
Americans and Extraterrestrials
Periodically, there are clusters of articles in the newspapers about sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFO’s). And with the discussions of UFO’s come discussions about the life forms that are …
Are There Any Positive Side-Effects To Nuclear Bombs?
August 6 and August 9 are two very important anniversaries in world history. On these dates in 1945, the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively with the …
The Growing Vertigo Involved In Today’s Life
One of the major themes that has been elucidated in this column is the loss of psychological grounding that results from the sensory distortion that is generated from modern technology. …
Fiebre rosa
Literalmente es un contagio. Una ola rosa ha salpicado varias tiendas en los centros comerciales. Marcas de renombre internacional se han montado en la tendencia que causa furor, la barbiemanía, …
The Important Role Tattoos Play In Our Personal Worlds
Tattoos have been around for a long time in human history, since the Neolithic Age. They have appeared in cultures all over the world. And they have served a multitude …
Notas para México
Escribo mientras escucho Sonata K. 87, de Domenico Scarlatti, interpretada por Clara Haskil. Territorios ajenos. Estoy muy lejos de tener una cultura musical para apreciar estas notas. El atrevimiento es …