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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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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The Password Problem
Data breaches are now routine, yet the responsibility for digital security consistently falls on the end-user. This article argues that the message is wrong: corporate security failures are the root cause of most risk, not user negligence. We examine the true privacy trade-offs of new login systems like biometrics and…
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Globalization’s Selective Freedom
Globalization was meant to bind nations together through cooperation and trade. Instead, it produced a selective freedom where capital moves without limits while people face growing barriers. This essay explores how the promise of openness was captured by corporate and political elites, and why rebuilding from the local level may…
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