Monthly Archives: March 2019

On Tyranny, by Timothy Snyder

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Francesc Rodríguez Tous

Post-truth is pre-fascism (Timothy Snyder) Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty (Wendell Phillips) Timothy Snyder is a Professor of History at Yale and, in 2017, he published On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century. The timing of the … Continue reading →

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Universal Basic Income

Posted on March 9, 2019 by Francesc Rodríguez Tous

Andrew Yang is a Democratic presidential candidate for the 2020 election that has a key policy proposal: a universal basic income (UBI) of $1,000 a month for every American. I have not precisely been a supporter of this kind of … Continue reading →

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Extreme Ownership, by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

Posted on March 3, 2019 by Francesc Rodríguez Tous

I was attracted by the notion of extreme ownership because of the tendency of human beings, and me in particular, of blaming bad luck when things do not go our way. I have always been wary about these thoughts. Things … Continue reading →

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