Camilo Moreno-Salamanca

As I’ve gotten older and richer, more of my time flows toward leisure than justice. I give but don’t volunteer. I advocate verbally but usually privately. I act out a performance of the beliefs that are still rattling around inside of me, animated by the spectre of an impassioned girl I honestly used to be.

The excuse is that I’m too tired. Tired... See more

A esta manera de concebir el mundo, a la avaricia ilimitada que es el eje sobre el que gira esta forma de vivir, hay que oponerle una ética y, por ende, una estética polarmente distinta. Hay que apelar y construir un sentido común comprometido, solidario y transparente. Ese finalmente es el gran reto que enfrentamos en este tiempo, poder darle... See more

“And I think this was one of the most formative periods for me. It was just sort of the moment of realizing that you can show up and do stuff. Not that there are no rules, but like people create all these blockers that don’t really exist, and you can kind of just figure stuff out. And as long as you’re curious and well-intentioned and not causing... See more

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man" (Bernard Shaw)

All of this implies that if the FARC and maybe the ELN do decide to demobilize, though this will be a good thing, the country’s problems will be far from over. Like the drug economy, Colombia’s left-wing insurgency is an outcome of the style of indirect rule that spawns violence and illegality in the periph -ery. Indeed, the demobilization of... See more

Indeed, the famous drug lord Pablo Escobar started his criminal career smuggling cigarettes and other consumer goods before switching to cocaine. Thus the system of governance creates a comparative advantage for criminality, perhaps the main factor that made Co -lombia a global center of drug trafficking.

These examples show that in different contexts Colombian politicians apply different standards and rules of behavior. Sometimes, when nationally advocating for sound economic policy or the Vic -tims’ Law, they appeal to universal principles. At other times, when involved in peripheral politics, they apply much more parochial standards. That people... See more

Duolingo Duel - My intense weekend of Duolingo competition with some random dude

“Friday comes and I decide that beating Harrow984306 in the Duolingo Silver League was going to become my life’s mission. Figuring out my future could wait. I had a league to win.

I proceeded to barrel through more lessons fast and furious. I learned colors, questions,

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