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Urban duality: Contracts or how to avoid a divorce - part deux
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Contracts or how to avoid a divorce - part deux. After a very insightful feedback on the my post from an unexpected source of relationship wisdom and one illuminating comment by a life guru on an actual situation I was going through, I have a few observations to make on marriage and contracts:. 2 - If you focus too much on the details of the contract, you may loose the big picture. Why are you willing to spend the rest of your life with that person? Roughly translated as you do...
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Urban duality: December 2009
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Saturday, December 26, 2009. 8220;Such mechanisms are analogous to the involuntary grace by which an oyster, coping with an irritating grain of sand, creates a pearl,” he writes. “Humans, too, when confronted with irritants, engage in unconscious but often creative behavior.”. From this very good article on what makes us happy. 2009 surely gave me enough pearls to make a necklace. Links to this post. Tuesday, December 1, 2009. Cats in my life. In (kind of) chronological order:. 2 - Os Saltimbancos:.
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Urban duality: November 2009
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Saturday, November 21, 2009. It was a good Thursday. Thanks for dragging me to the concert. It turned a dull day into a Wagnerian experience. Links to this post. Tuesday, November 17, 2009. The strange obsession of faith in life. Last Sunday I went to Milton Nascimento. I have always liked Milton Nascimento but I would hardly consider myself a die-hard fan (as I am a Caetano or Chico Buarque fan). Links to this post. Friday, November 13, 2009. A tender moment in a chilly day. He gives her her skin. He is...
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Urban duality: Things I'm not good at
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Sunday, May 30, 2010. Things I'm not good at. 1 - throwing things away. 2 - not gesticulating when I'm talking. 3 - organizing my shoes. 4 - organizing my closet, as a matter of fact. 5 - not smiling. 6 - saying goodbye. Elizabeth Bishop lived in Brazil and in Cambridge, MA - as I did. And she wrote a beautiful poem about losing people and places. The art of losing isn't hard to master;. So many things seem filled with the intent. To be lost that their loss is no disaster. My last, or. Folha Online - Blo...
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Urban duality: June 2009
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009. I work at the corporate center of Mexico City – Santa Fé. The curious story behind the area is that it was a sanitary landfill less than 20 years ago. One real estate entrepreneur decided to develop corporate skyscrapers on the valueless land. He was very successful – today Santa Fé is a thriving neighborhood with corporate centers, universities, and residential and commercial centers. Well, so far so good. Viva the private enterprise. Right? What are the alternatives? Mexico has ...
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Urban duality: Contracts or how to avoid a divorce
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Sunday, March 28, 2010. Contracts or how to avoid a divorce. The wedding wave has arrived in Cambridge. Over the past 3 months, 4 of my brilliant classmates decided to get engaged. As I plan a trip to Pakistan to attend one wedding, I have started to think on what makes a marriage successful? My answer to that was: contract theory! If you're lost in the economics-jargon, worry not, my dear. My only caveat would be: DO NOT OVER-REGULATE! Great post, very true! I dont think seeing marriage as a contract an...
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Urban duality: Astérix and the electric guitar
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010. Astérix and the electric guitar. Last week I saw the very good Brazilian documentary “Uma noite em 67” (a night in 67) about the music festivals held by a major TV chain. Those music festivals were a big hit in the late 60’s (kind of the same success American Idol had… but with better musicians and not so cheesy jury) and the main popular singers of Brazil at the time performed at the competition. What happened in the 67 festival? For me, onBee of the most touching moments ...
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Urban duality: September 2010
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010. Astérix and the electric guitar. Last week I saw the very good Brazilian documentary “Uma noite em 67” (a night in 67) about the music festivals held by a major TV chain. Those music festivals were a big hit in the late 60’s (kind of the same success American Idol had… but with better musicians and not so cheesy jury) and the main popular singers of Brazil at the time performed at the competition. What happened in the 67 festival? For me, onBee of the most touching moments ...
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Urban duality: What women should know about Game Theory
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010. What women should know about Game Theory. Let's say you start seeing a new guy. And, yes, you get really excited about him. He is very smart, cool, tall, dark and handsome. But you are really unsure whether he likes you or not. And that's the road to disaster. Because you should not be signaling, you should be screening. To make sure the guy you are seeing likes you make sure he's sending a costly signal to demonstrate his interest. My personal experience is that no guy likes k...
