- March 19, 2024
- Ciencia, Existencialismo, Filosofía, Intuición, Poesia, Psychology
Siempre he tomado la ruta optimista de luchar por lo imposible, si la conciencia me dicta que ahí está la razón ética de vivir y dejar vivir, aunque debo confesar, como lo expreso en el poema, cuántas veces la verdad ha sido la opresora de nuestros sueños, de esas utopías deseables que nunca llegan a […]
Del conductismo a la caja negra: testimonios de aprendizaje
- February 11, 2024
- Comportamiento, Conductismo, Control, Ensayo, Filosofía, Libertad, Psicología, Psychology
La libertad no es el privilegio de hacer lo que uno quiere, sino la libertad de hacer lo que uno debe. Este concepto encierra la libertad de dudar, de experimentar, de investigar, de cuestionar la autoridad, de comprender que para ser libres en una sociedad organizada necesitamos aceptar leyes y regulaciones. De Skinner y Keller […]
How to hack your happy hormones: A sample list
- February 1, 2024
- Happy Hormones, Mental Health, Mental Hygiene, Neuroscience, Neurotransmiters, Psychology
How to hack your happy hormones from a psychological, psychosomatic, and mental health point of view. The neurotransmitters of well-being are dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and endorphins. Each hormone is generated in response to a particular activity and has specific bodily and mental functions. Here are some basic examples of my Preventive Mental Hygiene classes. Dopamine: […]
Ithaca or the interim homelands
- January 14, 2024
- Emigration, Essay, Identity, immigration, Psychology, Social Philosophy, Sociology
An intimate reflection on learning, nostalgia, and liquid identities in the migratory context “As you set out for Ithaca hope your road is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery. Laistrygonians, Cyclops, angry Poseidon—don’t be afraid of them: you’ll never find things like that on your way as long as you keep […]
The fragmentation of knowledge
- December 29, 2023
- Essay, Humanities, Philosopy of Science, Psychology, science, Social Ethics, Social Philosophy
One of the pioneers of computing, Konrad Zuse, once said that “the danger of computers becoming human-like is not as great as the danger of humans becoming a computer.” (Hersfelder Zeitung, September 12, 2005). The fear of the machine person, of the person naked of feelings, pains, joys, and passions, has arisen several times in […]
The emotions we have left to experience: between wisdom, hope and uncertainty
- November 2, 2023
- Aging, Cognition, Cognoscitivo, Emoción, Emotion, Ensayo, Envejecimiento, Essay, Psicología, Psychology
Las emociones que nos quedan por vivir: entre la sabiduría, la esperanza y la incertidumbre A bilingual article English-Spanish · Artículo bilingüe en inglés y español The critical undertaking when reaching old age, if memory continues to govern our cognitive future, is to keep hope and romanticism intact, the desire to contribute and keep creating, […]
Learning To Live Together
- March 22, 2023
- Cultural Learning, Education, Educational Philosophy, Educational Theory, Learning, Psychology, Teaching
Nothing is more important in the early stages of a child of any cultural and social condition than being prepared for cooperative behavior and social learning. We need more education of the heart if we are keen to learn to live together. The future of humanity depends more on education for the heart than on […]
Learning Forever: Deconstructing Current Education
- March 1, 2023
- distance learning, EdTech, Educational Philosophy, Learning, Lifelong Learning, Psychology
The education system will rediscover its true role of serving the individual, helping to educate people in mastering cognitive skills and the ability to think, developing a critical awareness of reality, developing affective domains, and cooperating with others around them. Information will no longer take pride of place in this system since it can be […]
To Have or To Be? A brief interview with Erich Fromm
- November 24, 2022
- Interviews, Psychoanalysis, Psychology, Social Philosophy, Social Psychology, Sociology, Video
In this short interview (6’23” with Spanish subtitles) from the BBC TV The Book Programme in 1976, Erich Fromm is asked some questions with regards to his book To Have or To Be?, originally published in the World Perspectives book series of Harper & Row publishing firm, in 1976. The full interview in English (22’33”) with […]
Investigación, estadística y el estudio del comportamiento
- May 20, 2022
- Aprendizaje, Estadística, Intercultural, Investigación, Metodología, Métodos cualitativos, Psychology
En las mediciones de KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) conocidos como indicadores claves de actuación se ha abusado de los indicadores cuantitativos en detrimento del análisis y consecuencias de las conductas internas que deben requerir técnicas cualitativas de análisis de datos, siempre que se midan actuaciones de comportamientos humanos. Una ley de comportamiento no solamente se […]