In The Terminator, a highly intelligent computer becomes self-aware and starts a nuclear holocaust that wipes out the human race, leaving only a few brave souls left to fight the robot soldiers, impersonated by Arnold Schwarzenegger. The fictional date of this catastrophic event – August 27, 1997 – has long since come and gone without…

The bitcoin is the new fashion. The Economist explains how it works here, discusses its future here, Paul Krugman talks about it in his blog for the New York Times here, and El País has translated his comments here. To evaluate a currency or a candidate for currency, the first thing you have to do is ask if…

A few days ago, I wrote an “urgent” post following the death of Margaret Thatcher on my blog (in Spanish). In it, I said that I would talk about her again. After waiting a prudent amount of time, I am writing this post taking into account various things that have been said about her –…