- October 14, 2024
- Aesthetics, Creativity, Education, Ethics, Higher Education, Humanities, Philosophy, Psychology, Sciences
Aesthetic education stimulates the development of fantasy or imagination, which is the basis of all artistic or scientific creativity. It also fosters the development of an overall view and the anticipation of an outcome, the use of logic, and the various forms of human communication. Science and art, as dimensions of creative thought, are not […]
Del conductismo a la caja negra. Testimonios de aprendizaje
- August 23, 2024
- Comportamiento, Conductismo, Control, Ensayo, Filosofía, Libertad, Psicología, Psychology
El pasado 18 de agosto se cumplieron 34 años del fallecimiento de Burrhus Frederic Skinner a la edad de 86 años a causa de una leucemia. Reproduzco, con esta ocasión, mi modesto testimonio a su memoria y a su pensamiento y mi profundo agradecimiento a sus enseñanzas. Permítame, por tanto, compartirles este artículo de nostalgia, […]
Learning for Today and Beyond Tomorrow
- August 13, 2024
- AI, Digital Education, EdTech, Educational Philosophy, Innovation, Learning, Lifelong Learning, Psychology
We are at the very early stage of a significant learning revolution. AI is just the beginning of it, and we are responsible for giving future generations a much better world than what we have today. However, technology artifacts such as AI are only instrumental toys for the human playground. Our human brain and our […]
Learning To Live Together
- August 2, 2024
- Cultural Learning, Education, Educational Philosophy, Educational Theory, Learning, Psychology, Teaching
Nothing is more critical 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 […]
The emotions we have left to experience: between wisdom, hope and uncertainty · Las emociones que nos quedan por vivir: entre la sabiduría, la esperanza y la incertidumbre
- May 18, 2024
- Aging, Cognition, Cognoscitivo, Emoción, Emotion, Ensayo, Envejecimiento, Essay, Psicología, Psychology
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, to expand the feeling of love as far as the horizon can be perceived, to […]
«Sé romero»
- 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]