The hegemonic mental space — There’s a characteristic of American mentality that has always caught my attention. It’s hard to point fingers at it because it lies deep beneath how Americans experience the world. When I bring it up to my peers, I usually get an awkward silence, followed by a stare that looks like…

The truth behind the lies Truth isn’t an idea you usually associate with conspiracy theories unless you are a conspiracy theorist. Society at large sees these theories and their violent call to action as a lack-of-truth and moral problem. As a consequence, the media, politicians, and mainstream intellectuals try to fight…

As a new web developer I keep hearing about “functional programming” (FP), and according to the biggest nerds on Medium it seems to be the future of web applications. Besides cryptocurrency and AI, functional programming is one of the hottest buzzword in tech. Like many of these hot terms, everyone…

The rise of social norms Social norms are created to limit or promote certain behaviors and arise because of historical needs and circumstances. These norms define what is acceptable through prohibitions and encouragement, and by defining our individual role in enforcing these rules. For example, the prohibition to eat a product in a specific date…

Part 3 of 3: Instrumentality, craft and community In this series of post I’ve tried to explain why so many coders are musicians, a possible relationship I found when transitioning from being a musician to developer. …