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Una de mis sagas favoritas es Matrix, cuya primera parte se presentó hace poco más de veinte años y cuya cuarta película (The Matrix Resurrections) está disponible desde este 22 de Diciembre en salas. Entre mis escenas preferidas está la que se define en diversos medios como “Instant ‘Matrix’-like learning“. En ella, el personaje principal Neo adquiere…

The book is written by Mark Cucuzella, M. D., creator of the U.S. Air Force Efficient Running Program. The content of the book is the result of more than three decades of study, practice, and science that the author shows in clearly illustrated (170 photographs and charts) and accessible text. He explains how easy it…

My wife and I spent the weekend in LA and decided to visit the J. Paul Getty Museum. We were impressed not only by its exhibitions, but by its architecture, gardens and stunning views. As stated in its website, the J. Paul Getty Museum seeks to “inspire curiosity about, and enjoyment and understanding of, the…

The book is written by Lou Adler and, while it was published back in 2007, presents valuable insights to identify and attract talent which are relevant nowadays. I went through this book after I joined Arizona State University’s Learning Enterprise in August 2021, since it is one of the core references used within our leadership…

The book is written by Patrick Lencioni. I read this book back in 2014 but did not take the time to write a review about it. I jumped again into it this August since it is one of the core references used within Arizona State University’s Learning Enterprise, which I just joined. So the lines…

During our late September roadtrip to relocate from Chicago to Phoenix, we made a quick stop at Cahokia Mounds. This is a place I had in my bucket list long time ago since it presents the remains of the most sophisticated prehistoric native civilization north of Mexico. Within its 2,200-acre tract, located a few miles…

The book is written by Eric Ries, who is also the author of the New York Times bestseller The Lean Startup. He is also the creator ofthe Lean Startup methodology, which has become a global movement in business, practiced by individuals and companies around the world. He has founded anumber of startups, including IMVU, where…

This is a great book written by Pablo Neruda and which I read years ago while being in high school. I also had a chance to visit Pablo Neruda’s house in Isla Negra while leading a consulting project for the Ministry of Tourism of Chile back in 2011, which motivated me to read it again…

This book is written by David Burkus, author of four award-winning books and ranked as one of the world’s top business thought leaders by Thinkers 50. He also has a TedTalk that has been viewed over 2 million times. The fifteen main takeaways I got out of this book are outlined below: It’s difficult to…

Unlike other galleries at The Art Institute of Chicago that tell the story of European art through a focus on individual artists and national schools, this sequence of spaces of the museum presents the contexts in which works of art would have been seen and used on their time. The first rooms are devoted to…

The book is written by Kendra Hall, a keynote speaker and award winning storyteller. She has been published at Entrepreneur.com and Inc.com, and as a contributing editor to Success magazine. She speaks for and works with brands of all sizes to help them harness the power of storytelling. The twelve main takeaways that I got…

The book represents the last contribution to Buddhist studies and to the intellectual histories of civilizations by Steven Collins (1951-1918). Steve had finished a complete first draft only a few months before his untimely death in February 2018 and had gone as far to circulate the manuscript among a number of close colleagues and friends.…

Bisa Butler is an American fiber artist born in 1973 that is known for her vibrant, quilted portraits celebrating Black life – from everyday people to notable historical figures. Her quilts present an expansive view of history through their engagement with themes such as family, community, migration, the promise of youth, and artistic and intellectual…

The book is written by Edward D. Hess, who is a professor of business administration and Batten Faculty Fellow at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. His professional experience includes twenty years as a business executive and eighteen years in academia. As stated by the author, the Digital Age will raise the question…

Claude Monet (1840-1926) led a group of artists that used to left the studio to work outdoors and capture scenes from modern life. Together, these artists became known as the Impressionists, and their work seemed shockingly crude to many contemporary viewers back in those years, even though its ‘impressionistic’ effect was the result of careful…

The book, written by the Wharton School’s professor Katy Milkman, is presented as a guide to develop a tailored approach to drive personal change and improvement. The author claims that “by diagnosing the internal obstacles you face and consistently using solutions customized to help you succeed, evidence and experience show that you really can get…

The book is written by professor Yuval Noah Harari, who serves at the University of Jerusalem and specializes in world history. The ten takeaways and highlights that I got out of this book are outlined below: This is an interesting and informative book. While it is based on facts, the author also presents his own…

Part I – What Happened? Was Liverpool over Barcelona the Greatest Upset in Sports History? Measuring Income Inequality with the Gino, Palm, and Atkinson Indices Intergenerational Mobility What’s wrong with the NFL QB Ranking? Some Sports Have All the Luck Part II – What will Happen? Does a Mutual Fund’s Past Performance Predict Future Performance?…

The book is written by Jeremy David Curuksu, who is a data scientist, management consultant, and researcher. He worked at the strategy firm Innosight, at the Chief Analytics Office of IBM, and at Amazon Web Services. He holds a PhD in bioinformatics and was a research scientist for 6 years in applied mathematics at the…

The book is written by Pablo Rivas, who is the founder and CEO of Global Alumni – the first Spanish-American ed-tech company specializing in supporting the world’s best universities. Through this book, Pablo aims to show the reader how the digital revolution is tearing down the traditional education system and transforming the economy and building…

The book, written by New York Times’ Bestselling author Bruce Feiler, is based on 225 life stories that the author gathered including different ages, backgrounds, and walks of life. Feiler asked this people to “tell the story of their lives in fifteen minutes“, and specifies that all answers took more than an hour. He also…

The book was written by Lynda Gratton and Andrew Scott, and presents a ‘wake-up call’ that describes what to expect and consider the choices and options that we would face under a 100-year life expectancy. The book also presents a call to action for individuals, politicians, firms, and governments under this vision, and aims to…

Overall, this book discusses the roles that higher education can play in the organizational and societal mechanisms by which people can up-skill later in their lives when they do not have the time or resources for a full-time academic experience that results in a degree or certificate. Creating this transformational evolution of higher education requires…

La pregunta de sus ojos es una novela escrita en 2005 por el autor argentino Eduardo Sacheri. La película del año 2009, que lleva el mismo nombre, se basó en esta obra. Las veintiún citas que llamaron mi atención dentro de esta obra son las siguientes: Debería haber aprendido eso. No lo de estar jubilado, sino…

El libro, escrito por Christopher McDougall, presenta un extraordinario relato que permite no solo conocer sobre la cultura, tradiciones y creencias tarahumaras. La obra permite también adentrarse y destacar los enormes placeres y beneficios del correr. Las treinta citas que me parecieron más relevantes e impactantes en esta obra, son las siguientes:  Los tarahumaras quizá…

This book presents a guide to over 100 highlights of the collection of the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago. The book presents objects from ancient Mesopotamia, Syro-Anatolia, The Levant, Egypt, Nubia and Persia, including valuable information about the history of the collections, photography, and a brief description of each object. The ten main objects…

This book was written in 1988 by Andrew Abbott, who served as Distinguished Service Professor of the Department of Sociology and the College at the University of Chicago. The author explores central questions about the role of professions in modern life: Why should there be occupational groups controlling expert knowledge? Where and why did groups…

The book, written by M. Todd Henderson and Salen Churi – Professor at the University of Chicago Law School, and founder and partner at Trust Ventures, respectively – is about trust, how it has improved the human condition, and how it evolved alongside technological and societal changes. It explains how companies such as Uber are…