E hoa mā, haramai rā, haramai!
Welcome!
Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa. Welcome to Less Certain!
Ko Mexico te whenua, kei te noho au ki Pōneke, ko Natalia ahau.
My name is Natalia Albert. I am a Mexican and Aotearoa New Zealand citizen living in Wellington. I’m a PhD student at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, where I study the relationship between policy and social cohesion in New Zealand.
Less Certain is a space where I aim to tackle my own and, hopefully, your sense of certainty. I seek to share my thoughts on whatever is happening week to week in a way that cuts through the noise and finds the balance in the loudest opinions.
To do this, I ground myself in radical honesty, constant self-reflection and a genuine attempt to share my views in a balanced, mana-enhancing and constructive way. I aim to diffuse polarization and enhance our capacity to solve the significant challenges we face despite our competing views.
I started Less Certain for a simple reason: to write more.
Writing has always been something I fear, and this newsletter is my way of developing the discipline to face that fear head-on. I publish every Tuesday at 6 am, not because the writing is perfect or rigorously polished, but because putting something honest and trustworthy out into the world is important when we are losing the war against mis and dis information.
I’m not a journalist, writer, or analyst—just someone trying to build a practice of writing. If my words resonate with you, I’m all the better. By making my writing public, I hold myself accountable and contribute to conversations grounded in honesty and good faith.
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