To say that ‘evolution is a network’ is like saying that it is not a line or a branching tree. Evolution understood as a rhizomatic plot, an infinite vine like the Cordyceps from the wonderful TV series and video game The Last of Us. What evolution is a network? Just…

After 8 years I am writing about Byung-Chul Han again. In December 2014 I reviewed his main books in a double post in Spanish that began with an entry entitled “Transparency, fatigue and psychopolitics” and continued with “Philosophy for dummies?”. There is something in this philosopher that attracts readers a…

In the last pages of my book Cultura Snack (La Marca, 2020) I introduced a hypothesis: the liquid metaphor, which was so successful since the publication of Liquid Modernity (Bauman, 1999), is no longer the best one when it comes to describe contemporary social life and culture. Let’s recap: Bauman…

My friends know that I am becoming less and less comfortable in traditional scientific writing. More than ‘uncomfortable’, I feel dissatisfied: the academic system, by focusing on scientific articles and books, does not value the production of creative texts, in innovative formats and that really make the reader reflect beyond…

Spanish version: Coronavirus, epidemias e interfaces Portuguese version: Coronavírus, Epidemias e Interfaces A few days ago a colleague asked me to write something about the coronavirus and the interfaces. …

Spanish version: En busca del relato perdido The narrative as a form of knowledge Narrative is one of the main ways we have to interpret the world around us. According to Jerome Bruner (1996, 2003) there are two forms of cognitive functioning, the paradigmatic and the narrative. …

What is a designer? How many professional profiles exist within the world of design? Let’s check Wikipedia: clothing and textile designer, fashion designer, jewelry designer, landscape designer, graphic designer, industrial designer, interior designer, multimedia designer, video game designer, audiovisual designer… We could also add interaction designer, web designer, mobile application…