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Jun 18, 2026, 3:38 PM

Hamas, Smartphones and the Crisis of Humanitarian Law

Veni, vidi… and understood!? There is something about modern wars that keeps bothering me. We constantly hear people talk about civilians and combatants as if the distinction were still as clear as it was fifty or a hundred years ago. As...

May 19, 2026, 1:42 PM

From Biblical Prophets to Steve Jobs: Who Fills the Modern Vacuum of Meaning?

Veni, vidi… and understood!? Every year, thousands of graduates listen to commencement speeches that quickly spread across the world. Steve Jobs speaking about “connecting the dots.” Shonda Rhimes warning that dreaming without acting is meaningless. Donovan Livingston denouncing the limitations...

May 7, 2026, 10:08 PM

The Human Tragedy Is Not Forgetting: It Is Believing That This Time We Will Be..

..... Able to Control the Forces We Unleash Veni, vidi… and understood!? There is an idea that emerges almost naturally every time history stumbles over the same stones again: that humanity’s real problem is forgetting. That if we could preserve all our...

May 2, 2026, 5:23 PM

From Foucault to Wokeism: How Truth Became Suspicious

a World Without Truth Veni, vidi… and I understood!? The claim that knowledge is shaped by power did not begin on social media, nor in corporate diversity programs. It has a philosophical origin. What we are witnessing today is the downstream...

Apr 28, 2026, 5:58 PM

The Society of the Disposable: When Systems Work Without Everyone

This is not about unemployment. It is something more uncomfortable: a system that increasingly works better when not everyone is included

Apr 26, 2026, 3:17 PM

When politics needs enemies, something has already broken

Veni, vidi… did I understand!? When politics needs enemies It doesn’t start with violence. It starts with words. And when those words stop making people uncomfortable, the problem is already in place. We’ve seen this before. Every time a political discourse begins by...

Apr 8, 2026, 8:59 PM

The Middle East without Israel: A Counterfactual Analysis

The Middle East without Israel: A Counterfactual Analysis from a Geopolitical Perspective Faced with the endless discussions that portray Israel as the main source of instability in the Middle East, there is a need to pose a different question. This...

Apr 7, 2026, 6:06 PM

Israel on trial ‘Proportionality without an alternative’

Proportionality without an alternative: When the law is left alone The principle of proportionality is one of the pillars of International Humanitarian Law. It is not in question. What is in question is what happens when this principle is demanded...

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Nestor Daniel Scherman is originally from Argentina and currently lives in Germany. He is interested in political, historical, and ethical topics, with a focus on global issues and critical analysis.