If we could stop seeing ancient Greeks and Romans myths as if they were baseless legends and we could see them for what they really were, that is, narrations of psychological reflections on important moments of life, we would then see that these stories have much to teach us about the beginning of a…
Blog posts December 2019
¡Cuidado con la transición de un año a otro!
Si pudiésemos dejar de ver los mitos de los antiguos griegos y romanos como si fuesen leyendas sin fundamento y pudiésemos verlos por lo que realmente eran, es decir, narraciones de reflexiones psicológicas sobre momentos importantes de la vida, veríamos entonces que esas historias tienen mucho para…
When we suppress humor, our world becomes one-dimensional
One of the basic elements of every humorous story, or joke, is to direct the story in a certain direction and then, using the multiple meanings of a word, suddenly change the story in another direction. That unexpected change is what causes laughter (at least in some cases).
One of the most commo…
When we suppress humor, our world becomes one-dimensional
One of the basic elements of every humorous story, or joke, is to direct the story in a certain direction and then, using the multiple meanings of a word, suddenly change the story in another direction. That unexpected change is what causes laughter (at least in some cases).
One of the most common e…
Un mundo sin ambigüedad resultaría un mundo reducido y unidimensional
Uno de los elementos básicos de todo cuento humorístico, o chiste, es dirigir la historia en una cierta dirección y luego, utilizando los múltiples significados de una palabra, repentinamente cambiar la historia en otra dirección. Ese cambio inesperado es lo que provoca la risa (por lo menos en algu…
By projecting our inaction to the world, we contribute to the reduction of the world
I recently learned, while reading a book written by James Mallon, that the consequence of inaction is not just to allow a problem to get worse or an adverse situation to get out of control. The consequence goes beyond the loss of goods, money, opportunities or health. The worst consequence of inacti…
Al proyectar nuestra inacción al mundo contribuimos a empequeñecer al mundo
Recientemente aprendí, al leer un libro escrito por James Mallon, que la consecuencia de la inacción no es solamente permitir que un problema se agrave o que una situación adversa se agudice. Y tampoco es la pérdida de bienes, dinero, oportunidades o salud. La peor consecuencia de la inacción es alg…
The uncertainty of the future used as an excuse to ignore the future
Quite often, when I talk about the future, someone says that, because the future does not exist, we should not worry about the future, thus using our total lack of certainty about the future as an excuse to ignore and even disregard that future. However, it is increasingly clear that the future is t…
The uncertainty of the future used as an excuse to ignore the future
Quite often, when I talk about the future, someone says that, because the future does not exist, we should not worry about the future, thus using our total lack of certainty about the future as an excuse to ignore and even disregard that future. However, it is increasingly clear that the future is t…
La incertidumbre del futuro usada como excusa para ignorar el futuro
Con bastante frecuencia, cada vez que hablo del futuro alguien afirma que, como el futuro no existe, no debemos preocuparnos por el futuro, usando así la falta de certeza total sobre el futuro como una excusa para ignorar y hasta desentenderse de ese futuro. Sin embargo, cada vez queda más claro que…
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