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A gray man writing a white paper
I have always considered myself to be a gray person. When presented with two options, I usually prefer the middle ground. I have always believed that life is not just black or white; there is always a middle within fifty shades of gray. Therefore, when I was asked to write a white paper with a…
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Broccoli vs. French Fries –Round 1
“Don’t eat anything your great-great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.” Michael Pollan My great-great-grandmother, Catalina, was a native of Costa Rica. Her cuisine, passed down to me, featured plenty of fresh and exotic tropical fruits such as loquats, Malay apples, passion fruits, and Rambutan. My daily school lunch consisted of healthy grains, various vegetables, and other…
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Under pressure
“We live in a culture that gets us to walk faster, talk faster, work longer, and we are taught to think that is where productivity and success come from.” Johan Hari, Stolen Focus. What do you think of this quote? And what is the price we pay for embracing this culture? Eight years ago, when…
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Who’s the Boss?
“¡Mauricio, Despiértese para ir a la escuela, ¡apúrese!” This was one of my mom’s most common childhood “manual notifications”, reminding me to wake up and go to school. I miss those days. As a child, I didn’t have to worry about time management. My mom took on the role of my primary project manager, so…
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The wired generation
“¡Ay Dios Mío!” my niece shouted during our family dinner. Everybody froze. Alana was the last one at the table to draw any attention. She is the least social person I know. She has no friends, no social life, only her smartphone. Her life is pretty much confined to that 14-inch piece of metal. “My…
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Prison Break
“Instagram, we are never getting back together, time to shake you off….” The hit TV show “Prison Break” follows the adventures of a guy who willingly gets into prison, only to break out a few months afterward. I willingly got into the social media prison on January 18th, 2008, when I created my first Facebook…