Carlos Gershenson vs. Nicolás Gómez Dávila
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Carlos Gershenson
1978 – present
Education
Mexico
Carlos Gershenson is a SUNY Emprire Innovation Professor at Binghamton University and president of the Complex Systems Society (2024–2027). He was a tenured professor at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). His academic interests include self-organizing systems, complexity, and artificial life.
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"Just because it has always been that way does not mean that it will always be so."
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Nicolás Gómez Dávila
1913 – 1994
Philosophy
Colombia
Nicolás Gómez Dávila was a Colombian philosopher and aphorist sometimes referred to as "Nietzsche from the Andes."
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"For the myth of a past golden age, present day humanity substitutes the myth of a future plastic age."
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Connections
Nicolás Gómez Dávila was influenced by Carlos Gershenson
Shared era: 1978 – 1994
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