Tuula Pere

Right from the start, I have to reveal there is no answer to this question. At least no answer that fits everybody. There are people who feel comfortable, even ecstatic, next to the loudspeakers in a rock concert or sitting on a front row at a formula race. Not my kind of expe...

A discussion on the street of Alarcón 2002. The old man turned out to be José Saramago, the Nobel Prize winner in Literature 1998. The author who needs exceptionally few grammar rules. His streams of consciousness have carried me along as a reader of his books. He even came to...

Recently, there has been a lot of talk about fake news and alternative facts. I would say, that’s just the top of the iceberg. In fact, we are offered whole mental packages to fill our minds and create models for living. It’s not only detailed in knowledge, suggestions, or ins...

I admit that we all need some entertainment now and then. But has this all gone too far? Even the lives of small children are packed with amusement served in numerous compelling packages – often with noise pollution and glinting lights. The saddest thing is that these kinds of...

Yesterday I went to listen to a high-level health sector discussion in connection to the parliamentary election coming up soon.The stimulating event took place at Musiikkitalo, Helsinki. Especially, the presentation about the FinnGen project by Professor Aarno Palotie was inte...

Years ago I was inspired by Edward de Bono’s book, Six Thinking Hats. Bono was talking about approaching the challenge by focusing on one particular angle at a time and avoiding getting lost or confused in the middle of the process.I’m not trying to preach to you about the met...

You know the feeling at the beginning of a desperate project. No sufficient workforce, inconvenient timing, and inappropriate equipment. What does this have to do with all the snow in the attached photo?During the last few weeks, Helsinki has almost drowned in snow. The first ...

Today’s world makes even a reasonably solid grown-up more than confused. How about children then?The little ones are not well-prepared to meet this puzzled existence. They don’t yet have enough knowledge and experience to tackle the situations they face daily. But how can we e...

The world around us consists of countless details.We have to process endless pieces of information, sort out what we need for various purposes and what to ignore. Possibilities, choices, and impulses overload our senses.How to survive in the jungle of stimulus?The ability to f...