Philosophy
The Distance Between Send and Signed
Gilberto reflects on signing documents by email in 2026 — how a lighthouse keeper who has never sent an email thinks about the world's fastest envelope.
Gilberto Mares·
8 min
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Philosophy
Time and the Paperwork Sea
Gilberto's sharpest critique — how administrative tasks that add no value are drowning us, and the story of a fisherman who lost two years of his life to forms.
Gilberto Mares·
9 min
Philosophy
What the Fog Teaches You About Trust
On foggy nights, ships rely entirely on the lighthouse. Gilberto reflects on trust, contracts, and the difference between tools that build bridges and weapons that burn them.
Gilberto Mares·
9 min
Philosophy
The Oldest Promise
From Sumerian grain receipts to your last signature — a meditation on five thousand years of agreements and how we nearly ruined the simplest invention in human history.
Gilberto Mares·
8 min
Philosophy
Contracts at the Edge of the World
Maritime law, handshake deals, and why we write things down — lessons from sailors who made agreements in foreign ports with nothing but their word.
Gilberto Mares·
8 min
Philosophy
The Weight of a Signature
Gilberto reflects on what it means to sign your name — from ancient clay tablets to the lighthouse keeper's log he's signed for fifty years.
Gilberto Mares·
7 min