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Netflix y el indiscreto encanto del buen cine

En casa hemos hecho la transición, finalmente, del servicio de televisión por satélite al por cable. Digo “finalmente”, porque, como residente de un área rural y apartada del sureste estadounidense, hasta ahora la única opción disponible era esa; bueno, eso … Continue reading

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On "epistemic closure" and other maladies of the Right

Libertarian blogger Julian Sánchez recently posted a very interesting comment on the “systematic trend toward “epistemic closure” in the modern conservative movement.” Leaving aside some conceptual imprecisions – Sánchez himself addresses them on another post – I should say that … Continue reading

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Borges and the XXI century

Talking about the XXI century, Jorge Luis Borges once said that the world he imagined would have no machines, no journalists, and that XXI century architects would only design single-story houses as boring as they were in the past (see … Continue reading

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Borges, Lugones, Tejas y el laberinto ilimitado de la Internet

Según los autores de Borges Verbal, Jorge Luis Borges visitó alguna vez la biblioteca del pueblo de (sic) Lussok, Texas (aunque Borges probablemente se refería al pueblo de Lubbok, Texas, que se encuentra en el noroeste de ese estado). En … Continue reading

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