In these times when screens replace reality and social media profiles stand in for our identity—when every action is posted, and every experience is monetized—we slowly lose our connection to who we are and who we long to become.
By anchoring our identity in the number of “likes” we receive…
We live in a time when chaos and noise seem to cover every part of our lives — bad news, shallow opinions, constant crises, and rapid, disorienting change. In the middle of this whirlwind, it’s only natural to feel fear, confusion, frustration, or even resistance to anything that hints at "chang…
In the frenzied, fast-paced rhythm of today’s news cycle—what Walter Ong once described as “pumping data at high speed through information pipelines”—stories overlap and pile up without offering direction or purpose, and often without any meaningful context beyond novelty or entertainment. But t…
In a recent interview, Spanish philosopher Juan Carlos Ruiz stated, “Nobody teaches us how to ask questions.” He then expanded on this idea, explaining that we lack a “pedagogy of the question” and, as a consequence, we also lack an ethics of dialogue—a key element for connecting with the emergi…
I recently read an article that analyzes two trends: the number of older adults worldwide is increasing, and simultaneously, more and more people of all ages are feeling lonely. The confluence of these two trends means that social isolation among older adults is inevitable, according to a recent…
We live in a world of such rapid technological advancement that the landscape of reality around us changes long before we’re able to understand that change or adapt to the new reality. In this context, the challenge arises of analyzing whether new technologies are compatible with our human facul…
We don’t know where it happened, and it is not necessary to know it. Perhaps in a place belonging neither to the past nor the future. Perhaps in that timeless space where broken stories come together, not to be fixed, but to be mutually acknowledged.
Four people, each marked by their …
At the intersection of advanced technology and contemporary philosophy, a new narrative is unfolding—one that redefines our understanding of the universe and of ourselves.
Shelly Palmer’s recent reflections on the rapid advancement of AI-powered humanoid robots invite us to question our…
Change—whether superficial or a profound transformation—is one of the most perplexing paradoxes of human existence because it means both being and not being at the same time, ceasing to be in order to become, living in the "in-between" of the "no longer" and the "not yet."
We often see wi…
Over the past few weeks, an increasing number of people have been asking me—more frequently than usual, though not unexpectedly—what we can do in a world and society undergoing such deep, constant, and unconsulted changes that they literally disorient and even paralyze us. And they asked me, as …
Pervasive deceit is nothing new. Forty-five years ago, in 1980, cryptographer Gustavus Simmons introduced the concept to describe scenarios in which secure communication had to be established within a context of intentional, continuous, and widespread deception. In other words, our present reality.
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Exactly 170 years ago, American thinker and writer Henry David Thoreau complained about countries that focus on solving pressing problems with no intention of changing the way of thinking that led to the creation and perpetuation of those problems. Thoreau then coined an unpleasant but descriptive e…
Beyond what you know an immense world exists, but you cannot see it.
Throughout history, our understanding of the world has expanded in remarkable ways, but it has always been limited by what we have chosen to explore. Just as libraries house the collected knowledge of humanity, our personal “lib…
In the not-so-distant past, it was said that planting a tree (along with writing a book and having a child) was a clear sign of the stability and maturity of the person who had planted that tree because it indicated a long-term action without expecting anything in return. For this reason, numerous s…
Artificial intelligence can now clone itself, or at least large language models can, according to a recent study from Fudan University in China. Since AI cloning does not require human intervention, researchers say that in a short time and if the cycle is repeated, AI will surpass human intelligence…
Two and a half millennia ago, the Greek philosopher Heraclitus stated that “The way up and the way down are one and the same” (Fragment B60). In doing so, he simultaneously spoke of the unity of opposites, cosmic change, and the ascent to wisdom versus the descent into ignorance—for the very sam…
In ancient times, as in our own times, transitions were of profound significance in both personal and societal life. In fact, transitions were of such importance that in the Greco-Roman pantheon there were three gods, Janus, Hermes, and Hecate, who guarded the transitions.
Each of those tradition…
Recent studies seem to confirm that the amount of waste orbiting the Earth has reached such a level that this “space debris” is already multiplying due to collisions between these objects, threatening not only satellites and space travel, but even, if the problem worsens, humans could become “trappe…
Every heartbeat is an expression of the heart’s thinking, suggests a new study that revealed that the heart has its own mini-brain, a complex nervous system that is independent of the brain. Suddenly, expressions like “broken heart” or “hardened heart” take on a new dimension.
The study…
The rapid, inevitable, profound, irreversible, and unsolicited social and technological changes of today’s world seem to indicate that we have disconnected from the future. As a result, we forget the past and cling to a present as distressing as the reality surrounding us—or so says an influential S…
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