Welcome to my latest thoughts and travels.
This is where I gather whatever I’m exploring at the moment: reflections from life across cultures, ideas I’m working through, observations from the road, and the occasional dive into issues that simply catch my attention.
Browse the most recent posts and see what resonates. If something catches your eye, dive in and explore.
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The LinkedIn Nudge
LinkedIn nudged me today: “Connect with an Executive Director.” What struck me was not the recommendation itself, but the confidence behind it. The platform assumed this is the direction I should be moving in. It felt familiar. I have heard this quiet push everywhere: the soft encouragement to climb rather than root, and to treat…
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The Nobel Peace Prize: Political, Not Peaceful
The Nobel Peace Prize should mean something. Especially now, when democratic norms are eroding and authoritarianism is gaining ground. It should stand as a clear and principled signal. This year, it didn’t. The Prize went to María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader who was barred from running in the 2024 election and instead backed…
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Craving Validation
What is up with this constant need for validation? When did it become the background noise of everything? Is it some narcissistic itch baked into the culture, or just my own wiring short-circuiting? As long as my crazy gets mirrored back to me, I’m fine. Apparently. It scares me a little that I’ve substituted therapy…
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Shutdown and Sombreros
I’ve lived in Mexico for years and seen maybe three sombreros total. Meanwhile, I’ve watched 20+ American politicians get digitally crowned with sombreros this week alone. The U.S. produces more sombrero content than Mexico produces actual sombreros. While Washington stickers its democracy, Mexico exists as a cartoon in foreign imagination—and both profit from the fiction
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The Gates Foundation and the Crisis of Legitimacy
Bill Gates warns of a coming "Dark Age" in global development. But the crisis he describes is not accidental—it's the predictable outcome of the philanthropic model he helped normalize. His foundation has spent two decades aligning charitable grants with private market expansion, creating dependency rather than resilience, and concentrating power…
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Happy Holidays from Bethics
As the year winds down, we are reminded that the best parts of the holidays cannot be optimized, automated, or reduced to an algorithm. This season is about real things. Time with family. Meals that last longer than planned. Conversations that remind you where you belong. The presence of people…
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A Strategy That Rewrites the Transatlantic Relationship
The 2025 National Security Strategy marks a clear shift in how Washington talks about Europe. Instead of treating the EU as a democratic partner, it frames the continent as unstable, weakened, and drifting. The irony is that these warnings come from a government undermining rights and institutions at home. The…
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