I am still gathering my thoughts regarding the events in Afghanistan. I probably will have more to say soon, as I hear and read more from the experts I trust, and analyze the geopolitical activities as well as one can do, far from the territory. In the meantime, here is…

The success of a savvy influencer that heralds the collapse of old online internet laws It may come as a surprise to many, but Mexico is a great place to study electoral reforms due to the history of its long winding democratic transition. …

In a previous article, I outlined the importance of sequencing our innovations to get out of COVID19 hell. That post can be found here, and provides essential context to this series: Innovating to Zero COVID19 How to innovate our way out of Coronavirus hell by doing the right things in the right ordermedium.com COVID19, as the first post-internet pandemic, has showcased a core problem with modern medicine. As Dr. Tiffany Vora explains…

This medium story is the first of four that will describe the innovations practices needed to get to 0 covid19. It explores Aggressive Non-Pharmaceutical interventions, while the next ones will discuss regular testing, public health breakthroughs, and finally, vaccination. Staying at home, avoiding friends and family, and not going to…

How to innovate our way out of Coronavirus hell by doing the right things in the right order — In good system thinking practices, sequencing matters as much as the acts that are being sequenced. With COVID19, getting the sequencing right is more important than ever as millions of lives are at stake. Entrepreneurs have perfected the sequencing of business deployments down to a science. Recent examples are Elon…

The innovation side of “flattening the curve” of the Coronavirus outbreak — You have seen a version of this chart one or multiple times already: The concept of “flattening the curve” has entered our lexicon and will probably define these early stages of the #COVID-19 response. The idea is easy to grasp: With appropriate use of “Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions” (that is the euphemistic…

Or the tropes of female fragility in military leadership — Daenerys Stormborn of the House Targaryen, First of Her Name, the Unburnt, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Chains, and Mother of Dragons was betrayed in the battlefield not once, but twice by the all-powerful and only true gods of…