On April 10, 2025, Juan Villoro reflects on the legacy of “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, exploring its themes of love, ambition, and tragedy. He highlights Fitzgerald’s life intertwined with his art and Zelda Sayre’s influence while emphasizing Gatsby’s pursuit of unattainable dreams and the novel’s enduring relevance a century later.
Rufin VanRullen discusses advancing AI’s architecture to mirror the human mind through the Global Workspace Theory. With a PhD in Cognitive Science and extensive research on neural processes, he emphasizes rhythmic aspects of visual perception. Brian Greene, a physicist specializing in string theory, hosts this insightful conversation on consciousness and AI development.
Don King, a controversial boxing promoter, has intricately intertwined his career with political figures like Donald Trump. Both have leveraged demagoguery for success and garnered attention through theatricality. King’s past and present embody a mix of ambition, racial advocacy, and deception, showing the blurred lines between entertainment and politics in America.
Juan Villoro After years of writing, the master of paradoxes, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, made a curious statement: “The human race, to which most of my readers belong…”. He thus suggested that his texts were also available to other animals. Read at the beginning of the …
Today, we mourn the early passing three years ago of Manuel Suárez Mier, one of our founding contributors, and miss his weekly columns full of wit, acute criticism, and scholarly accuracy. His generosity included sharing his thoughts, rigorous economic and political analysis, and vast knowledge …
We embarked on a transformative journey on this significant day four years ago amid a global pandemic. We transitioned from traditional in-person meetings to the innovative realm of virtual meetings, sharing our insights and analyses through emails and the increasingly popular WhatsApp. Sepgra, our virtual …
Juan Villoro After six years in power, López Obrador can be seen as a magnificent proselytizer and a failed statesman. He founded a party that, in a few years, won the majority of the country, won the presidency with a record number of votes, maintained …
Juan Villoro Umberto Eco said Pope John Paul II represented “the Middle Ages plus television”. In 2024, the helmsman of St. Peter’s boat has modernized enough to represent the Middle Ages plus the Internet. No religion has given as much impetus to images as Catholicism. …
Juan Villoro Cristina Rivera Garza has become the first Mexican voice to receive the Pulitzer Prize in the memoir or autobiography category. The award, founded in 1917, waited more than a century for this to happen. In journalism, the Pulitzer can be obtained by people …
Inside Job is a 2010 American documentary film directed by Charles Ferguson about the late 2000s financial crisis. The global financial meltdown that took place in the Fall of 2008 caused millions of job and home losses and plunged the United States into a deep economic recession. This documentary thoroughly examines the elements that led to the collapse …