Essays in English

We write to taste life twice, in the moment, and in retrospection.
—Anaïs Nin

Lost Notes on Afghanistan – September 23, 2021.
Why the West was never really bothered with the plight of the Afghans (despite all "news" to the contrary).

On the follies of the so-called Intellectual Property – May 2016.
Where I expand on the reasons why “intellectual property” is a very misleading name for copyright, patent, etc., law. And here is some follow-up discussion after a talk where I presented these ideas.