People forget two important facts about Nature:

• Nature does not deal in binary categories.

• Nature depends on diversity for survival.

Consider the math on the timeline of our species: 99.5% of our history was spent as hunter-gatherers (family groups, clans, small tribes) and only 0.5% since about 10,000 BCE and the development of farming, animal husbandry, fixed populations centers with governance (cities).

También existen créditos sin Buró y sin documentos de ingresos, lo que facilita aún más el proceso de solicitud. Son préstamos pensados para reducir la burocracia y ofrecer acceso más rápido a quienes no cuentan con documentación tradicional.

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A recent Boston Review has a good article on close reading.

“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a really persistent one.” (Albert Einstein)

Here is an image that illustrates the central concept of this essay: things are seldom what they seem. Almost everyone who views this image describes it as red strawberries:



Even when told there are no red pixels in the image, almost everyone still sees the strawberries as red.

My family likes to complain that I am a pessimist and tell me I would be happier if I were more optimistic. They don’t understand. Some of the unhappiest people I know are optimists, because they falsely assume that optimism produces good outcomes. Their optimism feels to them like a magical talisman that will protect them. When their positive thinking does not shield them from bad outcomes they feel betrayed by Fate, often taking it personally, and sometimes becoming bitter.

In my experience, people who seem unable or unwilling to listen with curiosity  are constrained by one or more of the following traits:

My friends know that I try to look objectively at the available evidence when forming opinions or making decisions.