With only 24 hours left to spend in Ecuador, I arrived in Cuenca. Landing at the airport, I was beginning to wonder if I had made a mistake in wanting to explore a city 3-4 hours away from my departure airport, Guayaquil, with no logistics of getting back to Guayaquil. The taxi made its way […]
Looking back at 2014, four events told the story of our world’s public health: 1) scientists blacklisted the phrase “Nature versus Nurture;” 2) release of the English version of Capital in the 21st century; 3) booming business of cord blood banks; and 4) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. I wondered what the […]
Why is it that we humans learn from pain so much better than from love? Or better yet, why do we learn from the pain of love rather than love itself? Perhaps the pain initially pushes us into survival mode, then potentially, we begin to grow, to thrive, stimulating invention and creativity. All was […]