Written by Paul Auster, Bloodbath Nation’s title is self-explanatory: a journey through the mass shootings that have plagued the United States, and the historical legal decisions that have led to the current state of affairs of mass shootings around the U.S. I find there isn’t too much to say without sounding repetitive. Unfortunately, the book…
The Power Paradox
The “Power Paradox” by Dacher Keltner, is a book centered on examining the concept of power and redifnining it. Keltner makes the argument that power has been defined in mostly negative terms over time. He points to Machiavelli as an example. In “The Prince” Machiavelli espouses a vision of power that resides in fear. If…
As gods: a review
I don’t know how I got this recommendation. It could have been from The Economist, or the Financial Times. “As Gods” by Matthew Cobb is a book that examines the history of molecular and genetics development in the last 50 years (or so) The book starts outlining the sketches of a controversy that happened in…
Chip War: A review
As part of my winter reading, I took on “Chip War” by Chris Miller. I saw the book recommended in the NYTimes list of notable books for 2022, and it caught my attention. One of the things that stood up from the second section of the book “The Circuitry of the American World” was that…
Some insights I gained measuring my glucose Pt. 1
Almost a year go, I read an article in The Verge about a startup that promised to provide new fitness insights by measuring glucose levels in real-time. At that point the product wasn’t available to the public, so I signed up for their newsletter. Last month, I received an email saying they had open to…
On vacccinations
I always thought highly of Americans, as individuals who followed the rules, who were eager to cultivate themselves. COVID has led me to rethink this. Whenever I traveled from Mexico to the US as a kid, I would spot the differences as the plane descended. Cities that were a perfect squared grid, big highways symbolizing…
End of Year Recordings
This year I played two pieces that I thoroughly enjoy. The first one is Rachmaninoff’s prelude Op. 32 No. 12 in G-sharp Minor. I’ve always been a Rachmaninoff enthusiast. This piece has a unique range of emotions. It starts in a meditative stance with a beautiful melody. It then transitions to outbursts of energy followed…
One year
Last November marked one year since I haven’t been to Mexico. This is the first time in my life that I have been away from Mexico for so long. This is not the first time I spend so much time far away from my homeland, nevertheless it feels different in many ways. The other time…
Last 6 months of pictures
The deviant’s war
I recently started reading the deviant’s war, a book that narrates the history of homosexual legal fight starting in the 20th century. It is written by Eric Cervini, in a very easy to access prose. These books can generally be very boring to read, however Eric does a great job in relaying exciting stories that…