Don’t let Stories like Gino Bartali’s Burn
At 29, Bartali wasn’t just an athlete. He was the most famous sports figure in Italy. A Tour de France champion. A multiple-time
Artwork Was the Memory Tech of Its Time
Before recordings.Before film.Before archives you could search. Artwork was how memory survived. Paintings, sculptures, portraits—these weren’t decoration. They were the dominant storytelling technology
Havana Syndrome and the Evidence We Quietly Test
For years, Havana Syndrome occupied an uneasy space: unmistakably real to those who experienced it, yet persistently minimized in official explanations. The symptoms
Humans Don’t Process Life as Data — We Process It a
At Reflekta, we start from a simple truth: humans don’t process life as data. We process it as story. Not stories polished into parables
Cuba’s Soul in an Era of Rising Geopolitical Heat; Wh
As Cuba rebuffs Trump and echoes Maduro’s defiance, the real cost of sovereignty falls not on leaders—but on people who endure the aftermath.
Cuba After Venezuela: The Cost of Borrowed Stability Wh
The capture of Nicolás Maduro removed more than a leader. It severed a supply line — oil, intelligence cooperation, and economic ballast —
When History Catches Up With Fiction: Venezuela, Dictat
One of the quiet shocks of following world events is how often they feel familiar — not because we’ve lived them before, but
The Application Layer Is Underinvested
There’s a line I keep coming back to in Andrew Ng’s recent thinking on AI: the application layer is underinvested. Not misunderstood. Not
From Havana to Caracas: How Revolutions Echo Across the
How Cuba and Venezuela reveal the long echoes of revolution — and why historical fiction like Havana Famiglia helps explain what headlines miss.
Tree House
I was back in Beaver, in the woods behind the dog enclosure, looking at the treehouse I had built more than fifty years