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Andrés García Barrios

Writer and communicator. His work brings together experience in numerous disciplines, almost always with an educational focus: theater, novel, short story, essay, television series and museum exhibitions. He is a contributor to the Sciences magazines of the Faculty of Sciences of the UNAM; Casa del Tiempo, from the Autonomous Metropolitan University, and Tierra Adentro, from the Ministry of Culture. Contact: andresgarciabarrios@gmail.com
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From the Medieval Universitas to the Current University: The Human at Full Throttle

The university was born as a community dedicated to knowledge, but throughout history it has faced a constant tension between wisdom, skills development, and the ...
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Andrés García Barrios

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Opinion | Beautiful! Beauty Stereotypes for Social Control

Beauty is not a purely natural phenomenon: it is shaped by social stereotypes and power dynamics. In this opinion piece, Andrés García Barrios reflects on ...
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Andrés García Barrios

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Opinion | Algorithms and People

Algorithms are nothing new; humans have always created ways to guide our desires and decisions. The difference today lies in the reach of the technology. ...
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Andrés García Barrios

Opinion | Cosmos and Chaos: The Great Masters

Borges, Kafka, Joyce, Pessoa, and other great authors never won the Nobel Prize. In this opinion piece, Andrés García Barrios shares his reflections on literature, ...
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Andrés García Barrios

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Opinion | Online Admission Exams: New Technologies and Fraud Culture

Fraud in online admission exams exposed the limits of technology in preventing cheating. The case also opens a debate about the culture of fraud, the ...
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Andrés García Barrios

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Artificial Intelligence and Human Pain

A reflection on September 10, World Suicide Prevention Day. ...
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Andrés García Barrios

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Opinion | Receiving and Being Well Received: What Human Element Is in Play in Virtual Life?

Is it possible to look at each other in the virtual world? In remote conferences, we certainly see each other's eyes. But is that a ...
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Andrés García Barrios

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Opinion | In Praise of My Bed (On the Possibility of a Virtual Life)

This article explores, in a bit more depth, not only whether it is possible to endure a virtual life but also how to flourish humanly ...
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Andrés García Barrios

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Opinion | Creators of Artificial Souls?

By creating AI-generated images that look real, fake connections are fostered, replacing real connections. ...
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Andrés García Barrios

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Opinion | Me, My Virtual Addiction, and José Alfredo

It has been shown that the abuse of social networks and virtual games generates the same rewarding substances in the body as drug-induced experiences. ...
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Andrés García Barrios

Education and Spirituality

Opinion | Education and Spirituality: Recovering the Deepest Feelings

Taking responsibility implies action: it means responding proactively. However, taking action is increasingly associated with productivity. ...
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Andrés García Barrios

Opinion | To Die Sane and Live Mad

In writing Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra manages to oppose, with a magical force, the distinction between experience and knowledge, an opposition that, in ...
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Andrés García Barrios

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