PinnedEssay: Spicy Tamarind Balls and Scarlet IbisesA journey through past and present in a South American ghost town Another run-down house. “Pole 1, pole 2, pole 3”. These poles represent the passing of different kilometres on the road. My father and I sat in the car avidly searching for and pointing them out. Some were visible…Essay10 min readEssay10 min read
6 days agoTalk Yo Ass OffAn essay on the importance of science communication Welcome to my blog. Hopefully, I’ll publish more. But no pressure. In this essay, I explore the importance of storytelling and science communication, not only in my life but in science as a whole. This is probably just the start of an unending exploration I am having as part of…Science8 min readScience8 min read
Nov 1, 2022Maybe the most important work in economics, only we don’t know it yet…Interstellar Trade Theory!!!! Foundation brought to light N.B. Paul Krugman is an economist that has really influenced the way that I think about economic theories and the economy and so this is an ode to one of his playful articles that I explored. …Space3 min readSpace3 min read
Oct 23, 2022On the Architecture of Fear? — Jaws (1975)I recently watched Nope and also wrote a review of it (spoiler alert, I thought it was great) but while I was watching it, it immediately reminded me of one of my favourite films of all time, Jaws. And I also recently got to watch Jaws again for the first…Fear4 min readFear4 min read
Sep 29, 2022On Love: Chapter 1 — Ruminations of LoveI’ve been thinking a lot about friendship and about love recently. What it means to love and be loved has culminated in the essay below. Hope you can bear with the length of this essay and maybe connect with it. From Madrid, with love I find myself thinking about love…Love10 min readLove10 min read
Sep 15, 2022The Undeniable Spell of SpectacleNope by Jordan Peele Nope starts with a quote from the Bible from the prophet Nahum which states: “I will pelt you with filth, I will treat you with contempt and make you a spectacle.” For anyone that thought this would be spoiler-free, sorry for spoiling your day. That in itself gives a splendid…Film5 min readFilm5 min read
Sep 8, 2022The LetterI woke up today. There was nothing special about today. It was just another day. I continued to feel in the doldrums, with my head stuck under the clouds. Around 1 pm, a letter came through the crevice under my door. I wasn’t expecting anything. Definitely nothing important. And luckily…Fiction4 min readFiction4 min read
Aug 30, 2022The FN Meka Case and the conundrum with AI ArtLast week I published a piece on the overlap between AI and art and in the few days since that was published, there was crazy very predictable news in the world of AI and art. For those not updated on the news which I assume is most people, FN Meka is…AI4 min readAI4 min read
Aug 23, 2022The Overlap of Artificial Intelligence and ArtI am very interested in what can be considered art for artificial intelligence. And in a more general way, what is intelligence? Can an A.I. do art? P.S. I wrote this article as well for a magazine I co-edited and co-founded, called “Cybertales” which is here: https://www.cybertalesmag.com/ Intelligence The definition…AI6 min readAI6 min read
Aug 16, 2022Morning Music Hour — Yaya BeyI don’t particularly know how to listen to music anymore since I don’t really listen to the radio and whatever the hell “traditional” pop music is nowadays. This little piece, which I now realise is not so little, will explore my relationship with music. …Music3 min readMusic3 min read
