Category: The Writings | Page 2

Seven Years: One Dead, One Born

1 June 2020
by M. Ch. Landa

On this day, seven years ago, I received a phone call I would never forget. I remember I was working. I was inside my car, getting ready to visit a client, when I received a call in my cellphone. It was my mother. “Please, come quickly to the hospital,” she said with distressed voice and […]

Our Dark Souls and the Search for Humanity.

11 May 2020
by M. Ch. Landa

As we continue our isolation because of the pandemic, we cannot avoid pondering on the fact that by secluding us, we are losing a part of our humanity. And some adventurers dig even deeper, analyzing and questioning their past behavior, wondering about how much of what we do in our ordinary lives defines our humanity. […]

Is Pandemic Transforming us into Strangers?

28 April 2020
by M. Ch. Landa

The world situation is complex. During these critical times, people has been forced to take extreme measures, sometimes with not enough information to be clearly defined as ethical, rendering the difference with the realm randomness, practically nonexistent. For some becoming meaningless. Then the situation becomes absurd. But with governments, people need to abide by the […]

Quarantine: Looking the World with Other Eyes

8 April 2020
by M. Ch. Landa

The current situation the world is enduring due the pandemic is now being referred within the financial argot as the “Lockdown Crisis” or “Lockdown Recession,” because contrary to previous crises, this time, even when a person has cash and the means to expend it, it simply can’t go out to do it. And at a […]

Coronavirus and The Train of Progress

The other day I called my mother and we caught up with the most recent news unveiling in the world surrounding the pandemic produced by Coronavirus (Covid-19). My mother doesn’t watch TV anymore and besides that, she is not a news enthusiast. So, it’s always up to me to summarize the news for her and […]

The Life’s Blockade

13 March 2020
by M. Ch. Landa

Today, I opened a new Word document with the firm expectation of write an article, but suddenly the words didn’t come into my mind. I could not write. I felt stuck. And as time passes and you remain seated staring at the blank screen, anxiety arises, and your mind drives into a dark road of […]

Every Day, A Different Life

I spent a week visiting Disney World, and during seven straight days I experienced multiple rides and shows, diverse meals, but above all, endless lines to enter the attractions—even considering I had fast passes—, because if there is a common denominator in all Disney’s parks is huge crowds. Quite honestly, I’m not a huge fan […]

Life after Life: The Countless Versions of You According to Quantum Physics.

February 11th, 1910, on a cold night, Sylvie Todd is in child labor waiting for the doctor to arrive during a snowstorm. But he is unable to arrive on time and the baby, Ursula Todd, dies before she could draw her first breath. However, that very same night, in an alternate version, Ursula Todd is […]

The End is… Nigh?

With recent events like the assassination of Iranian general Suleiman that brought the world close to the declaration of a new war, and the catastrophic wildfires in Australia or the snow in Saudi Arabia’s desert, a lot of people read this as signs that prophesize the imminent world’s end. But, how far are we to […]

The Witcher and The Law of Surprise.

“You will give me that which you already have but do not know. I’ll return to Cintra in six years to see if destiny has been kind to me.” These are the fearsome words of Geralt of Rivia, a Witcher, before sealing his destiny forever. The Law of Surprise is an oath evoked recurrently in […]

1 2 3 4 5 … 7 8 9

Posts navigation