Wait until after you are a full professor. NO!
On good and weak advice. Such as: "Please fight for justice and climate change, but only after you are a full professor"
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.
On good and weak advice. Such as: "Please fight for justice and climate change, but only after you are a full professor"
A remembrance of times past, on how being a doctoral student has the same anxieties, hopes and want of transgression as being a young human
Algorithms run our lives. Some run on servers, some in bureaus. Here I propose a nomenclature to bundle digital and salaried algorithms.
Today I learned that next year the future monarch of the kingdom where I work will be among my students. Here I try to put this into my head
Shitty week. But what's better than some basic science to bring perspective into one's existential angst. This year has been so great so far
A couple of thoughts about women going to jail in El Salvador for stillbirth and miscarriages. Not a happy post.
Last Monday, I received my residence permit for Germany. A permit that took two years for me to process. #FeelingWelcomed and with a purpose
I find perfectionism to be a red flag. Nothing has ever been perfect. I know this is a cynical view. But one based on my lived experience.
Laziness is the key defining principle of the systems that made us. Yet business defines our lives. Chill down, act like a system!
We choose what we ignore more than what we learn. Yet, we use our knowledge to define who we are. This is ludicrous and so absurdly normal
Some earworms are images. They attach deep to every thread of your core and build images in your mind. This post builds on one of those.
Economics builds on the logic of scarcity, itself a form of jealousy. Compersion is the opposite, it builds on joy and pursuing curiosity
Art is subjective. What is art for me might not be for you. Here I write about how I distinguish art from crafts.
A couple of thoughts on the elemental particles of micro and macro-economics, their connections and dynamics.
Is there something worse than pretending to be smart? I am just myself not my brains. Smart is skin deep but we pretend it has endless reach
Empathy is not a racist behavior. The structures that prevent us to empathize with brown people are the problem. Let's stop the whataboutism
A gift to my previous selves. A memoir and a remembrance of a life lived. A repository of my hopes for a brown and beautiful future.
My thoughts go to the people of Ukraine. May our leaders feel this tragedy and prevent the suffering of the many over the profits of the few
I'm a recovering Christian. This form of blasphemy is a way of regrounding myself. It's offensive and sacrilegious. Read at your own peril.
Is there a better example of ambidexterity than the meteoric rise of COVID a toddler with a giant's market reach? An ode to a disruptor.