Can you see it?

Once I heard on a radio show a journalist saying that If our brains were simple enough for us to understand it, we wouldn’t be capable of understanding it! Unfortunately I don’t remember the name of the journalist, neither the radio show, nor the context. Not even how old I was. I do remember I […]

Fix poverty and the environment will fix itself

I first read about Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) in Matt Ridley’s book the Rational Optimist. I was impressed. The correlation between per capta income and quality of the environment was a definitive argument of the environmental footprint of poverty that I, being born in Rio, have always known of. Poor land use, lousy water and energy […]

My Evolutionary Journey

I was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro and balanced flexibility is my super power I was born and raised in #RioDeJaneiro and that in part defines who I am. #DomenicoDeMasi says that #Flexibility is the biggest quality and the biggest flaw in #Brazilians. My #SuperPower is to balance it to be a competitive […]