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Dictatorship Thoughts

July 27, 2010

Being born in a country that suffered the horrors of one of the most systematic, calculating and violent dictatorships the world has seen in recent years (1976-1983), it’s hard not think about it. Here are some random thoughts on the dictatorships:
What would I’ve done back then?
This will probably be one of the biggest [...]

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Avatar Philosophy

March 2, 2010

I finally watched Avatar, and there are two symbols that are worth pointing out.
1) This one is obvious: The bad white military man that attacks poorer civilizations to steal their resources. Clear criticism towards corporatism and the American government, no further explanation needed.
2) This one is more subtle since it involves the spectator: We are [...]

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Collaboration 3.0

January 12, 2010

On his post titled “Making The Modern Medici”, Colin Wright talks about the Medici family, people who because of their power and influence were able to help and support artists like Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo and many others. These brilliant artists were able to focus on their creations because of the aid and support of [...]

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Bonding By Being Tied

December 31, 2009

To end the year, my very good friend Colin Wright (who writes at Exile Lifestyle) and I are doing some cross-posting about bonding and magnetism. After you read his post, you can go to his blog and check out my post “My Magnetic Bromance,” where I explain why magnetism is the new thing, and you [...]

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Bloody Knuckles Make Change

December 29, 2009

Thank you, but no. I will not sit down quietly. I’m coming for you and everything that you do that I don’t agree with.
How will some of us be the world changers that we dream of being, if we are going to silently accept everything everyone does?
It’s one thing to let everyone enjoy their time [...]

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The End Of Education

December 23, 2009

One of the most harmful consequences of our outdated educational system is the idea of an “end.”
No matter how inflated education is nowadays (I’m dying to see what the education industry will come up with once MBA’s fall into the commodity category), it always establishes graduations. When you graduate it means “you are done.”
Note: [...]

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Scholars’ Marketing

December 10, 2009

Since when has our love for marketing been affecting the world?
Just because we didn’t have a word for it, not to mention an industry, does not mean that it didn’t happen.
Why do we assume that all those rules that Seth taught us over the years have been working only in recent times?
What if Adam Smith [...]

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