Anti-viral writings for financial resilience, location independence and meaningful relationships.
In an interesting discussion online, Yuval Noah Harari brings up one of the most subtle changes in recent human history. Namely, the increase in information processing as a result of technological advances. Mass media, and, more recently, the internet, increased hundreds of times, if not by thousands, the amount of information that it’s produced, and … Read more
In the last few weeks I advised a couple of friends about switching countries. They were making their first steps towards location independence. The conversations were very pragmatic, they were looking after specific, technical information, like what type of fiscal residence it would be more suitable, or what health coverage you get under certain setups, … Read more
It’s been a bumpy road, but ZenTasktic version 1.4 (iOS) is finally live in the AppStore. It’s the first release in the last 7 months. I already wrote about the submission, and I expected it to go smoothly, but it took longer than I expected. There were a couple of reasons for that: first, the … Read more
Have you ever had a day that unfolded seamlessly, almost without any effort from your part? Like, you know, everything clicked into places, you arrived on time where you had to arrive, your coffee was just as hot as it needed to be and you finished each and every task you wanted to finish, just … Read more
Wag The Dog is a 1997 Oscar winning movie staring Robert de Niro, Dustin Hoffman and Woody Harrelson. In just a few sentences, here’s what it’s all about: After being caught in a scandalous situation days before the election, the president does not seem to have much of a chance of being re-elected. One of … Read more
In a press conference a few hours ago, El Salvador’s president, Nayim Bukele, announced something that would have been no less than Science Fiction just a few months ago: every citizen of El Salvador will receive $30 equivalent in Bitcoin, by using a wallet called Chivo. It is not the biggest airdrop in history, far … Read more
“In an ultra, walk before you have to.” I know that for many of my readers, the sentence above doesn’t make any sense. So let me explain. An “ultra” means an ultramarathon, a running competition longer than 42km (which is the length of a standard marathon). Any number of kilometers on top of 42 will … Read more
After I moved to Lisbon I had to rapidly adjust one of my habits: my wake up hour, and, subsequently, the time when I leave the house. Now I have to get up significantly earlier, and manage to be at the location I want to work from (still coffeeshops, no co-working yet) just when it … Read more
