The Library of Babel

All text that has been and will be written in one place.

Blockchains, or why Bitcoin is not a Tulip

Skeptically, but with some audacity, I took five thousand dollars out of my savings…

Impromptu on Santa Fe (TX)

Another school shooting. By kids against kids. I keep trying to imagine the conversation between the plotters of…

The Roadrunner dilemma

A coyote crossed our lawn three times this Fall. The red-tailed hawk who made a habit out of staring down from the top of the willow seemed unphased. The noisy birds of the region, particularly the crows, silenced in what seemed to be a sign of respect. The deers and their fawn were…

Political Violence and Human Rights in Brazil

Marielle Franco and I worked together on a Sesame Street community engagement project in Rio de Janeiro in 2015–2016. A month ago, she was brutally executed by militias in Rio. Miss you, Mari.

What does she have for breakfast?

Milk, apple, toast, jelly and cereal. What does she read?

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The Dumb and the Numb

A story about how an insurance company paid a Painkiller.

Everybody has a doctor, and everyone needs health insurance in order to see one. A case in which means defeat their end. One spends one hour at a regular visit to his primary physician, yet one might spend…

Fair deal…

Does one have the right to vote?

After twenty years abroad, sporadically voting at presidential elections at the American Consulate, yesterday I received through the mail my voter I.D. card. Local elections for several local offices have just gone by, but I would not have had a clue on who to vote. A…

Soy Cuba

A 3m22s cut-less shot by the Soviet director Mijaíl Kalatozov, from the movie Soy Cuba (1964). A brilliant piece of cinematography, and a wonderous imagination of what Cuba looked like before the revolution. Notice the shot is taken on two different buildings, with the famous Habana Libre on the background…