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Saturday, May 15, 2021

Daily reminiscences of novels: oranges in 1930s Depression, onions during World War II, artificial flowers in a sci-fi future

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I always enjoy small daily actions that remind me of some favourite scenes in great novels. The hero Rick Deckard in Phil K Dick's ...
Monday, December 7, 2020

A half marathon through the Graffiti of Santiago

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 Last February 9th of 2020, I read some news that some of the best mural art in Santiago was being destroyed during the political protests a...
Monday, June 29, 2020

Inequality of life during the pandemic today: a Dostoyevskian society!

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This Easter there was media coverage in Chile about the quarantine of the Covid pandemic not being the same for everyone, with millionaires...
Sunday, May 17, 2020

Roaring 20's and Great Depression novels: The Great Gatsby and its awkward opposite!

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The characters in the Great Gatsby and Arturo Bandini novels are true opposites in wealth and sophistication. However, they share one trait...
Sunday, May 10, 2020

Influencias masónicas en las letras del "Fuerza Natural" de Gustavo Cerati

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Hace poco empecé a escuchar al fallecido cantante argentino Gustavo Cerati, una vez que viví mis primeras 3 décadas de vida en Europa y EEUU...
Sunday, May 3, 2020

Cuentos de desigualdad: Chile hoy y la Rusia de Dostoyevski

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Esta Pascua hubo una cobertura mediática en Chile al respecto de que la cuarentena de la pandemia Covid no eres igual para todos, tal como t...
Sunday, April 26, 2020

Political economy and old calamities: the will to ignore the cost of life in wars, famines and epidemies

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Now that we are facing the global Covid pandemic, perhaps the most mortal event involving multiple nations since the World War II, I remembe...