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 […]

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 […]

October 30, 2023
Aesthetics, Educación, Estética, Ethics, Ética, Filosofía Política, Psicologia, Social Philosophy

Se debe resistir y combatir la era de la virtual mentira. Es necesaria una revolución de la verdad y de la transparencia. Enseñar ética y estética, tanto a los padres o representantes como a sus hijos e hijas desde la temprana edad, es enseñar el respeto a la dignidad del ser humano y de todos […]

July 18, 2023
Ethics, Humanities, Intercultural, Leadership, Politics, Quotes, Social Change, Social Philosophy

Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, and passed away on December 5, 2013. On the day of his death, almost ten years ago, I modestly paid tribute to him with my personal selection of some of his best quotes in the local newspaper at the University of Texas, where I was teaching. However, […]

February 9, 2023
Business, Development, Economics, Education, Essay, Philosophy, Planning, Social Philosophy, Sociology

The purely expansionist ‘realistic’ strategic planning model typifies today’s society and causes an anti-climax in planning, turning it into a simple matter of forecasting, systematic organization, and the subordination of desirable human goals to foreseeable economic development. Does strategic planning make all the right moves? The concept of development has been used in economics, […]

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 […]

September 18, 2021
Digital Education, EdTech, Educational Philosophy, Essay, Innovation, Learning, Lifelong Learning, Social Philosophy, Technology

We are at the very early stage of a major learning revolution and we are responsible for giving future generations a much better world of what we have today. It would be wrong to suggest that no progress has been made over the last twenty-five years in improving and extending school education throughout the world. […]

July 19, 2021
Education, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education, Learning, Lifelong Learning, Social Philosophy, University

«In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.» Recently, in the context of an education conference, I referenced a passage from the beautiful and profound story of Alice in Wonderland. One of the characters of […]