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

Trying to Grow Roots in Concrete

Why so many people feel alone, and what the evidence says about where that comes from

A scroll-driven data essay on why so many people feel alone, built from the WHO 2025 Commission on Social Connection, Holt-Lunstad's mortality meta-analyses, and the Cacioppo/Fowler/Christakis contagion research.