Essays — Long-form editorial pieces on work, design, and public-health data, by Carlos Vasquez.

Trying to Grow Roots in Concrete

On the loneliness epidemic — and why the soil may matter more than the seed

A scroll-driven editorial essay synthesizing the WHO 2025 Commission on Social Connection, Holt-Lunstad's mortality meta-analyses, and Cacioppo/Fowler/Christakis's contagion findings — reframing loneliness as an environmental condition, not a personal failure.