Blog
This is a collection of stories and daily musings.
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We need to eat
Perhaps a researcher is paid well because it’s difficult to think about solutions to problems while also thinking about how to meet her basic needs. But when salaries are delayed, a researcher is forced to look for other ways to keep the lights on, figuratively and literally. And the system shouldn’t blame the researcher and… Read more
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All the things unsaid
I could have asked you, even though I already knew. Yet I never said a word and so did you. But it would have been nice to hear about them from you. This blog post, like a coincidence (more likely a gut feeling that I’ve already written about this before), is a variant of this… Read more
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Access to the right tools
When you have access to the right tool, you might be surprised how you can do so many things and achieve new goals just because. I remember how my performance wanes whenever I don’t have the tools to move further. So yes, resources matter. Read more
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Planning our lives based on what’s tested and true
It’s true that when you don’t have a plan, somebody does it for you. Because we all have ideas. But these ideas don’t necessarily reflect what the other person values. And if that person’s resolve is weak, he might easily be swayed by what’s on the table. What a joy if it aligns with his… Read more
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Hello, smartphone!
For the past six months, I have shared how a dumbphone changed my lifestyle and how I relate with people in gatherings. And snapping out of the tool, becoming the user and not being used, I began to see things that only felt like a knot in my guts before. Something is wrong with how… Read more
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This is how you tell the kids what climate change is all about
I wish to start the year watching Don’t Look Up to remind me of things about: And speaking of climate change, what is it anyway? And how do you even tell the kids about it? Thanks to everyone who cares (thanks, Seth Godin and the team!), they created a “powerful tool to help us create… Read more
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Walk with wonder
How often do you walk around your neighborhood and look at the skies and the people you pass by? How often do you stir yourself up to become curious about things you think you are already familiar with, such as how your neighbor’s outdoors looks or how the pavements are crooked at the end of… Read more
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