A lot of my thoughts these days are trying to knit together a clear assessment of the new era that we've been thrusted into. One of the most challenging threads is the one that analyzes the computer-manufactured creations that seem to be taking over our world. As a person, I grapple with the inevitability of a "digital" world and try to remain as offline as I can without completely disconnecting myself from my circles. As a writer, I wonder if all this "A.I. training" that results in machine-produced literary works that replicate authors' styles will disintegrate my will to tell more stories. These "robots" can churn out stories about any prompted subject in seconds, with a large variety of styles [...]

Cancellation epidemic. From misinterpreted goodwill emerges what is now known as the hashtag #cancelculture, or culture of cancellation, which means "canceling everything that is not politically correct or that negatively characterizes other cultures". Every week, the polarization between those who seek peace and those who seek war (personal, social, virtual, digital or total) deepens. In an effort to eliminate everything that can be used as a weapon to harm another person, the mass media and popular culture manifested on social networks have decided that many characters and stories no longer have a place in an environment of tolerance and harmonious coexistence and therefore they have been canceled and eliminated forever. For adults in their forties and fifties to the [...]

Epidemia de cancelación. De la buena voluntad mal interpretada emerge la hoy conocida como hashtag #cancelculture, o cultura de la cancelación, que significa “cancelar todo aquello que no es políticamente correcto o que caracteriza negativamente a otras culturas”. Cada semana se agudiza la polarización entre quienes buscamos la paz y quienes buscan la guerra (personal, social, virtual, digital o total). En el afán de eliminar todo aquello que pueda ser utilizado como arma para dañar otra persona, los medios masivos y la cultura popular manifestada en redes sociales ha decidido que muchos personajes e historias ya no tienen lugar en un ambiente de tolerancia y bien-convivir y por lo tanto han sido cancelados(as) y eliminados para siempre. A los [...]