Blog posts August 2010
Am I too old or overweight to board a spaceship?
The University of Colorado (CU) at Boulder sent me a clear message last week. Nobody from CU called me or sent an email. But two recent CU’s press releases forced me to think about what I do and about my future. The first press released announced the “discontinuance of the School of Journal…
¿Tengo ya demasiados años y demasiado peso como para viajar al espacio?
La Universidad de Colorado en Boulder me envió un claro mensaje la semana pasada. En realidad no recibí ningún llamado ni correo electrónico. Pero dos de sus recientes comunicados de prensa me forzaron a reflexionar. El primer comunicado anunciaba el próximo cierre de la escuela de periodis…
Why we trust technology more than people?
During the past few weeks and without any warning some of my email messages just disappeared. Emails I sent were never received, and messages sent to me never arrived in my inbox. Nobody could explain why that was happening, but it was very interesting to see and analyze the reactions of tho…
¿Por qué confiamos más en la tecnología que en las personas?
En las últimas semanas han desaparecido varios mensajes de mi servicio de correo electrónico, tanto mensajes que he enviado como que debería haber recibido. Nadie me ha podido explicar las razones de la desaparición, pero las reacciones de mis interlocutores han sido muy reveladoras a intere…
At one time or another, we are all spectators or clowns
Philosopher Soren Kierkegaard lived in Denmark in the first half of the 19th century. I never studied his writings with the attention he deserves, but I like reading his works. In Provocations, paragraph 96, he says: “It happened that a fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came …
En esta vida todos nos vestimos de espectadores o de payasos
Uno de mis pensadores preferidos, al que no regreso ni con la frecuencia ni con la profundidad con la que debería hacerlo, es Soren Kierkegaard, el filósofo dinamarqués de la primera mitad del siglo XIX. Kierkegaard cuenta la siguiente historia: “Sucedió que se desató un incendio detrás de…
Let’s bore a tunnel through illusion until we reach reality
Many children, when facing something they are afraid of, simply close their eyes, thinking that whatever causes the fear will simply go away if they don’t see it. As we say in Spanish, “If your eyes don’t see it, your heart won’t feel it.” As adults, perhaps we don’t close our eyes, but tha…
Taladremos túneles por la ilusión hasta llegar a la realidad
Una de las estrategias preferidas de los niños cuando algo les da miedo (por ejemplo, alguna película) es cerrar los ojos, creyendo que de esa manera el problema desaparece. O, como dice el refrán, “ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente”. Ya adultos, quizá no cerramos los ojos, pero muchas…
Can we really think in 140 characters or less?
I like to write. It is one of my passions. The other one is reading good books. They go together. But it is becoming increasingly difficult to express serious thoughts in 140 characters in Twitter or 420 characters in Facebook. Finding anything written in readable English at any social site …
¿Se puede realmente pensar en sólo 140 caracteres o menos?
Siempre me ha apasionado escribir y, como consecuencia, leer buenos libros. Pero cada vez me resulta más difícil expresar mis ideas con sólo 140 caracteres en Twitter o con 420 caracteres, gracias a la generosidad de Facebook. Y encontrar algo bien escrito y que no ofenda a Cervantes en esas…
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