NOT NORMAL

Comparing suffering is like dividing by zero. You might get a result you like but not everyone will see it that way.

It might be childish but I have a favorite word. This word encompasses a big part of my cosmogony, my values, and my views of the word....

This wrinkle is what Karl Popper called the Paradox of Tolerance. In short, it explains that a society that values tolerance can be so...

Many a eager beaver CEO has laid awake at now hashing plans to disrupt their industries. Some have succeeded. Many more have failed. This...

When star scientist explode and fall from the sky, how are we all affected?

Train stations are confusing. But few are as much so as Munster's central station in Westfalen, Germany.

The revelation principle of mechanism design is an amazing piece of work. It feels like magic to me, a kind of magic, I cannot perform.

How often do you feel people need you to be exceptionally great? It's tiring, no? Here I equate exceptionally to luck and give some thoughts

During the last year, we have direct evidence that four million people have died while infected with the SARS COV2 virus. This is a lot...

Climate change, hunger, poverty, and inequality are very hard problems to solve and their solutions suck. But what can we do? Sit and wail?

Religion encompasses every aspect of our life. In this post, I present different types of religions and their architectural monuments.

One can have knowledge that is false, right? Philosophers say no, scientists laugh in disbelief. Rephrasing of: https://youtu.be/gzPF9VajS

The 2nd law of thermodynamic explains that as a whole the universe becomes less structured with time. We see the opposite in society. Why?

Costa Rica is the land of Pura Vida. Germany the land of Verantwortung. As national of one and resident of the other I discuss some tensions

As we grow up we learned biased ideas that we assume are normal. This is the mediocrity principle a foundation of science.

It is easy to care for the lives of celebrities. But as we do we forget to care for our lives and the lives of people who really suffer.

Where I argue that leaders are neither born nor chosen, they emerge from situations that require them.

Home is always hard to define as a migrant. Here I discuss how the meaning of home has changed for me in the past.