Eric J. Mora

Tapatío adoptivo. Essentially, a retweeting account.

[Eric J. Mora @ericjms]

Diay, que en esta realidad alterna, Costa Rica va a elegir su propio @realDonaldTrump , pase lo que pase.

[Eric J. Mora @ericjms]

@BanamexContacto Cambio de celular. Revisen msj privado.

[Eric J. Mora @ericjms]

Las políticas discriminatorias de @BanamexContacto impiden transacciones regulares a residentes permanentes para algo tan sencillo como activar tu netkey móvil. Qué te van a decir? Ve a perder 1 hr de fila a la Sucursal

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

I’m making a show about buildings.

The concept is simple: do for the man-made world what Planet Earth did for the natural world.

But, when I pitched the idea, the answer was that nobody would watch it.

So I released a pilot episode on YouTube. It’s got 5.4 million views, 379k likes, and 23k comments.

People are interested, and now it’s time to make the full show.

Six episodes, filming in the UK, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, and the USA, and releasing on a streaming service like HBO, Netflix, or Prime.

Why does this show matter?

First: we’re surrounded by buildings all the time. Look around yourself, right now… what do you see? Buildings are the logical conclusion of everything a society believes in. That’s the real focus of this show: not the buildings themselves, but what they say about us.

Second: there’s global dissatisfaction with modern architecture. This feeling gets written about online, but nobody’s given a voice to it on film or TV. That’s what this show will be. But this isn’t just about criticising modernity. That’s easy. This is about learning from the past in order to understand and improve the present, for everybody.

Third: there’s a drought of high-quality culture shows. When I spoke to film executives they said that only documentaries about sports, music, or true crime get funded. That’s a colossal missed opportunity. Galleries are always full, content about architecture goes viral online all the time, and people spend their precious holidays visiting beautiful cities.

Why no shows about architecture, then?

Tourists flock in their millions to see (for example) the buildings of Antoni Gaudí in Barcelona. But, if you asked those same people if they’re interested in “architecture”, they’d probably say no.

To put that another way: not many people want to watch “a show about architecture”, but lots of people want to watch a show that illuminates the real world they’re living in, each and every day.

What will the show be like?

Six episodes, going chronologically through history and arriving at the present, each focussing on the architecture and design of a specific period:

1. Middle Ages
2. Renaissance
3. Enlightenment
4. The Nineteenth Century
5. Art Nouveau & Art Deco
6. Present Day

But, in each case, the point isn’t just to learn about that era; the point is to learn about our modern world through those eras and what they’ve left behind. If you watch the pilot episode (included below) you’ll see what I mean.

So the show’s not really “about” the past; it’s about the twenty-first century.

That’s why it’s called The Modern World.

When you think of a typical history show there are loads of interviews, stock footage, archive photos, historical recreations, and graphics. We’re doing none of that. Everything will be filmed on location, because we’re telling our story only through the real world that exists right now. And, rather than going to the most obvious places, we’ll focus on buildings that aren’t well-known but should be more famous.

But that’s all big picture; what will it be like on screen?

Buildings used to look different in every country, and now they look the same. Why? Because the weather is different everywhere, and buildings were always a way of dealing with that weather, using local materials. Now we have air conditioning and we ship concrete around the world, so we don’t need to design our buildings with regard to local weather or rely on local materials.

Look at really old clocks and you’ll notice something: they don’t have a second hand… because it was only invented 300 years ago! Then you look at the present and you realise we’re surrounded by timers, by seconds ticking down and ticking up relentlessly. If we’re looking for a cause of our anxiety-inducing culture, that might be it.

When you spend time with the sun-softened bricks and time-warped timbers of old cities you notice that synthetic materials like plastic have taken over. When we’re surrounded by things that feel temporary, how do you think it makes us feel?

It’s only by seeing 19th century train stations, designed like cathedrals, that you realise tradition and technology aren’t enemies. New things don’t have to look boring: if the Victorians had designed AI data centres, they’d look like Medieval castles.

In the 1920s, at the zenith of Art Deco, people believed technology would uplift humanity. That’s why they decorated their buildings with statues inspired by electricity. Only by seeing their enthusiasm can we realise our own cynicism, and perhaps begin to fix it.

All of that… and much, much more.

But, above all else, this show is about a way of seeing. If you want to understand any society then you need to look at what it creates, not what it says about itself.

There’s a worldview in every single object; our skyscrapers are designed the same way as our phones. Learn to look at this world, to notice its details, and everything else starts to make sense.

What now?

I’ve been quiet online recently because I’ve been researching and working on scripts for six full-length episodes. Production begins when we’ve raised the funding.

The Modern World is coming.

[Eric J. Mora @ericjms]

.@LaComerOficial uno viene al Fresko entre otros, porque nunca hay fila en cajas. Pero hoy, colapso loco en el de Av Aviación en Zapopan Jalisco!

[Eric J. Mora @ericjms]

.@totalplaymx cómo reporto un caso de muy baja velocidad de red? Un plan de 750 Mbps reportando solo 9 Mpbs

[Eric J. Mora @ericjms]

@viajaVolaris Soy extranjero residente permanente.

Me pregunto qué está haciendo @Profeco con este caso que luego de investigarlo está por todas partes en redes sociales, afectando a residentes permanentes en MX que no son objeto de esta tarifa.

[Eric J. Mora @ericjms]

Las ratas de @viajaVolaris en total ilegalidad, cobran el Derecho de No Residente a los Residentes ahora. Qué locura!!

[Eric J. Mora @ericjms]

@AgenciaAMIM @MovilidadZap @ZapopanGob @Trafico_ZMG No solo no se resuelve, sino que con la ampliación del carril de ciclovía efectivamente se elimina un carril. Ahora la fila de tráfico llega, sin mentir, hasta la entrada de la Base Militar. Qué frustrante el sinsentido vial del Mov Ciud

[Eric J. Mora @ericjms]

.@MovilidadZap @ZapopanGob @Trafico_ZMG en crucero Aviación / Sta Margarita, si no es posible un Nodo Vial, ¿podrían por lo menos revisar los tiempos de los semáforos de Sta Margarita? Los de Aviación son mucho más largos mientras que los de Sta Margarita demasiado breves!

[Eric J. Mora @ericjms]

@viajaVolaris Y por qué no?

[Eric J. Mora @ericjms]

@viajaVolaris Qué ILEGAL que un pasajero Residente Permanente tenga que pagar Derecho de No Residente

[Eric J. Mora @ericjms]

.@Aeromexico en modo loco abordando el AM241 de hoy 13-mar. Reteniendo todo el equipaje, sin a/c, correteando a la gente.

[Eric J. Mora @ericjms]

Esta es la única opcion aceptable en el2026: 1) que el proceso se pueda hacer digital ó 2) que el proceso se pueda hacer en persona enviando una copia digital al mismo agente de servicio ahí mismo.

[Eric J. Mora @ericjms]

Es 2026 y @BanamexContacto @banamex todavía pide que te presentes en persona y con un papel impreso para una actualización de domicilio. Hasta el @SATMX permite hacerlo digital, pero acá no pueden ni recibir un correo electrónico con una copia digital del recibo.

[Eric J. Mora @ericjms]

La única, única opción que me ofrecen es “venga otra vez” y quizás me pueda saltar la fila. Que increíblemente desesperante es este banco.

[Eric J. Mora @ericjms]

.@aeropuertosGAP el aeropuerto de GDL, como siempre, buscando una experiencia desagradable en las vialidades, ahora le dieron un MEGÁFONO a alguien de la vialidad quien está muuuy a gusto gritándole a todos en la vialidad. Qué qué?!

[Eric J. Mora @ericjms]

@disneyplusla con gran intención buscando la final de rugby femenil en MX, y que no la pasan 😤

[Eric J. Mora @ericjms]

@aena la peor experiencia de Seguridad en la T1 de Barajas. Guardias gritando, enojados, descargando la carga laboral en los pasajeros. Instrucciones confusas. Un Caos total el 23-ago-25. Luego en los Aseos en la puerta B21-B23 un completo ASCO. Trofeo al peor aeropuerto de UE.

[Eric J. Mora @ericjms]

.@Aeromexico oye tu aeronave EI-GZC necesita una ajustada en los paneles cerca de la fila 6

[Eric J. Mora @ericjms]

Permítannos bajarnos, dormir, y reubicarnos en otra aeronave que sí sirva.

[Eric J. Mora @ericjms]

.@Aeromexico ¿pueden por favor definir qué hacer con el vuelo AM19 LIM-MÉX del 11 de abril? Llevamos 3 hrs dentro de la aeronave sin A/C sin definición de qué va a pasar sumamente frustrante e incómodo @Profeco