The Fourteen-Billion Dollar Copy-Paste: A Digital Transformation Tragedy
Or: Why the Republic of Meridiana Has the World’s Most Advanced System for Doing Nothing In March 2021, the Republic of Meridiana achieved something remarkable….
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It’s Monday – JANUARY 12TH
A weekly digest – part serious, part not – in partnership with The Sofia Globe Happy Monday. Arguably the most emotionally dishonest greeting in the…
Between Vienna and Plovdiv: Music as Identity – converation with Prof. Dr. Eugeniy Chevkenov
“Tradition is like a seed — you can’t force it to bear fruit overnight.” — Prof. Dr. Eugeniy Chevkenov The Tone of a Meeting There…
The Da Vinci Cup
The Da Vinci Cup sits on the table like an accusation, its silver rim catching light in a way that feels both hopeful and deeply…
CONVERSATION WITH Boris de Sajonia-Coburgo-Gotha y Ungría
When we first launched This is Bulgaria on November 1st, 2025, we did something different. We organized a closed-door event – part think tank, part…
Inherited Silence
In the previous article exploring the historical origins of Bulgaria’s political apathy, I looked at how repeated cycles of political violence combined with undemocratic structures…
IT’S MONDAY – January 5th
A weekly digest – part serious, part not – in partnership with The Sofia Globe Happy New Year to New York, London, Paris, Sofia! I…
End-of-the-year digest – THE BOX IS THE BOX
A weekly digest – part serious, part not – in partnership with The Sofia Globe “Mirror, mirror on the digital wall, who is the truthful…
A song of a nation
“Let me make the songs of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws.” Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun wrote this in 1704, and…
The Human Void
I wrote “The Human Void” because I wanted to explore a terrifying question: If humanity was given a second chance, would we actually deserve it?…
IT’S MONDAY – DEDEMBER 22ed
A weekly digest – part serious, part not – in partnership with The Sofia Globe The week began early. Unreasonably early. The sort of early…
Levski’s Boots – If Levski had boots
You can also grab the PDF 27 December, 1872 (Old Style) Kakrina Village, Sanjak of Tarnovo, Danube Vilayet, Ottoman Empire Levski’s boots hit the ground…