Apr 21, 2022Stories from a place called home — Amit and the shamanic secret to thriving in a digital worldAs children, we are more receptive to the magic of the unknown. Instead of rationalizing it, we accept it as given and build additional stories in our minds to the fables and tales we were told. Growing up on the stories of the bible or the fiction of Scandinavian fairy…Home11 min readHome11 min read
Apr 8, 2021Stories from a place called home — Elisa looks through the glassHow many times have you been encouraged by friends, colleagues, or family to step out of your comfort zone? …Comfort Zone9 min readComfort Zone9 min read
Jan 18, 2021Stories from a place called home — Wolfgang’s radical freedom“Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” …Wanderlust8 min readWanderlust8 min read
Aug 25, 2020Stories from a place called home — Thabo’s fight to break the African white ceilingThere is nothing like the smell of a new book. If it’s a colourful cookbook, a famous novel or a study notebook, the scent of fresh paper has a particular type of adrenaline rush. The excitement of starting something new and unknown. One of my favorite things in my youth…Racism8 min readRacism8 min read
Jun 22, 2020Post-pandemic cities — Future scenariosIs this the end of the world as we know it or 2020 will be just a glitch in the matrix? Review of predictions, opinions, assumptions and speculations of the post covid-19 age. One of the most noted phrases in the Jewish Talmud says: “Since the day that the Holy…Covid-198 min readCovid-198 min read
Mar 29, 2020Stories from a place called home — Shira’s lifelong social-distancingStudent life. An explosion of a wild youth full of stimulation and connections is now a nostalgic memory fading into the reality of contemporary detached adulthood. …Social Distance6 min readSocial Distance6 min read
Mar 7, 2020Stories from a place called home — Shatz’s wild wild countryStory about love, sexuality and a guru sitting between them. “I love, therefore I exist” states the sign on Tamera’s gathering hall just above something that resembles an altar. It reminds me of one of those stark and dreading axioms in our local synagogue back in my adolescence, which intended…Love8 min readLove8 min read
Nov 12, 2019“Enjoy the silence” — How co-living can trickle down to the country side and make a real differenceThere is something disturbing in the trending term “Curated communities”. In the new wave of “co-businesses” (co-living, co-working, etc.), this term means “a community of like-minded people”, carefully selected to fit the company’s vision and the customer’s needs. …Coworking8 min readCoworking8 min read
May 29, 2019Is The Collective the new collective?“Create a vision, design a process around it, and then collect a team to execute it” Seeing Ed Thomas from The Collective talk about co-living at the co-liv summit in Paris last year was indeed inspiring. Ed has a true passion to make co-living the future of housing. But that…Coliving7 min readColiving7 min read
Mar 27, 2019Can cities adapt to the new jobs crisis?In the year 2018, humanity is in the midst of the third industrial revolution, and in some places it is taking the first steps in the fourth (cyber physical systems). …Technology4 min readTechnology4 min read