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-timeRead More
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 symptomsRead More
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 parablesRead More
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.
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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. NotRead More
Another Chapter: Announcing Havana Famiglia.
Instead of a new chapter, I decided to write twenty. Havana Famiglia brings Magnus and Finn back to Havana—1958 and 2016—where memory, endurance,Read More
We Are Going to Die
Living a meaningful life means choosing experiences, connection, growth, and risk over comfort and distraction—knowing time is finite.
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Narrative, narrative, narrative.
Some weeks, a theme keeps showing up in my inbox until it demands a post. Lately, that theme has been narrative—who owns it,Read More
Humans Need Humans
Humans need humans. No matter how fast the models get, how crisp the renderings become, or how frictionless the interfaces feel, we’re still wiredRead More
Hold My Beer: Lee Miller Walked Into History With a Cam
The Day Lee Miller Looked at War and Said, “Hold My Beer.” There are people who tiptoe toward history, and there are peopleRead More