The Big Ambivalence
Ambivalence is strange. A pull that pushes and breaks. A feeling of possibility and joy with anger and trauma. Useful, purposeful, enraged.
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NOT NORMAL
A random collection of back-of-the-envelope calculations, short stories, half-baked theories, bad poems, and more.
Many of these relate to the idea of normalcy what it entails and what it does not.
We are fortunate to live in a time where right and wrong, traditions, and norms are being renegotiated.
Yet, only through exploring what is normal can we see the depth of the clash and be earnest with our hopes.
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On Planned Excommunication Not Obsolescence
Obsolescence is partly a choice we make. Excommunication is a choice firms make to stop having us using our products we bought from them.
The Case for the Journal of Organization Science Experiments
Where I make a call to create the Journal of Organization Science Experiments. Godspeed to JOSE
chatGPT is a potato
I hate details and facts. I love quirkiness and curiosity. As such the internet has been my playground. A playground now enhanced by chatGPT
On Exercising Hope
Hope is what makes me human, what makes me wake up every morning. As I pursue it, hope provides new marvels and adventures. God I love hope.
This Cold, Never Again
If we meet the Paris agreement's goals, our world will never be as cold as it is today. Never again will the temperature be as mild. #WTF
On the Lack of Migrant Representation
With exceptions, migrants do not have elected officials that represent them. At least, I do not. Could this be the racism of our generation?
On the Use of Algorithms for Generating Adult Content
In which, I think about the ethical implications of using LLMs for generating adult content. A first attempt at grasping a complex topic.
Normal Hearts and Normal Eyes: On Why I Chose a Life in Science
Science is a calling as much as a tool for winning bread. Many routes lead to it. Here I present two signals that guide my pilgrimage.
The Impostor Heuristic and the Fantastic 2022
Ever since I got fired from my PhD in physics, I have felt like an impostor. This feeling has many senseless faces. Here I present a few.
Happily Trevor After
Media defines our culture. For years Trevor Noah contextualized my news. His empathy and nuance will be missed. Godspeed Trevor!
On Alter Egos and Algorithms at Work
An ode to the beauty that lies within ethnographies from the naive eyes of someone whose ADHD will never let him do one.
Emancipate Yourself From Mental [Load] Slavery
A written proof of me not being able to do a tiny thing at home without telling someone/anyone about it. The gender care gap is a sad truth.
A death per million
This month, the world tunes in to watch its religion jubilee play out on altars built over the bodies of tributes; one per million humans.
Pet Talk: Smaller than Small Talk
After years of traumatic pet talk experience, I came to realize how much it has stunted my emotional growth. Pet talk is truly the worst.
On A Woman is No Man
Some books send shockwaves as you read them. Waves that ebb away as they shift your self inside you. A woman is no man is my loudest example
Normal Joy
I used to think that normal things were bland. That special was best. How wrong I was. Oh how much joy lies within a normal act.
A Blinding Brown Rainbow
Have you ever felt swept away; your life and image of yourself changed in an instant? You'd learned to despise change. But you love this one
On the Alien Logic of the Cold War
Isn't it crazy that hydrogen bombs exist just because people disliked who owned the companies in a country far far away from theirs?
Yes, and: On the Improv Logic of Sustainable Development
In a world in which ESG ratings have low correlations, is improvisation a way out? If we do not who is right, then no one is wrong? #IDK
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