Covid19 has taken its first political victim. Two days ago, Kosovo’s government has fallen after a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister’s ability to steer the country during the pandemic. The political fragility in this improvised democracy, built by NATO bombing, is perhaps not the best example to predict the trend. However, it … Sigue leyendo 34.927. Shame!
While sitting on the airport bus, driving from Barcelona to the Girona Airport, one warning sign, stamped behind the driver’s seat, caught my attention. The first line was written in English and said ‘It is forbidden to eat or drink on the bus’. The line under was written in Spanish and said ‘Está completamente, prohibido … Sigue leyendo Responsible is not a synonym for boring
‘Stay home, I'm begging you... because I love you!’ The President’s mantra was floating from the screen. It vibrated from that same hypnotic frequency reserved for the transmission of selected brainwaves circumstantially confined into messianic isolation from the destiny of the mortal souls. It was that same frequency granted to the “Chosen Ones” and “Saviors” … Sigue leyendo The Brave New 10% Better World
‘I will stop the motor of the world’ John Galt sworn and led the wealthy industrialists into the revolution of ‘reason and individualism’. This ‘Prometheus who changed his mind’, as Ayn Rand described the Atlas Shrugged ‘superhero’, was meant to inspire objectivism as ‘evaluation of the facts of the reality by man’s consciousness according to … Sigue leyendo The day John Galt fooled us all (including himself)
Climate change is affecting the quality and quantity of the food systems and, consequently, impacting all aspects of food security. At the same time, the increasing intensity and length of heatwaves and drought periods are expected to further enhance the negative impacts. These IPCC’s conclusions are beyond any doubt. They are supported by the scrutiny … Sigue leyendo The meek shall inherit the… turtles
Compared to the 2% increase of unique worldwide mobile users (it reached 5.11 billion this year) the 9% rise in internet users is even more significant. According to Global Digital Report 2019[1], today there are 4.39 billion internet users globally. If the same tendency continues, within a very short period of time, their number will … Sigue leyendo Can we drink data?
Con el primer ministro y el Gobierno trabajando durante todo el verano y con la mayor parte de los partidos políticos en el modo stand-by, aguantándoles el pulso, cabe recordar las palabras de Lee Iaccoca, (aquel directivo que durante muchas décadas fue considerado el emblema de la gestión eficaz, recién fallecido): “Estoy contantemente abrumado por … Sigue leyendo Si no eres capaz de planificar vacaciones ¿Puedes gobernar el país?
Yesterday, while listening to an early morning Swedish radio program a sequence of continuous announcements caught my attention. First, the program host informed that the US rap artist A$AP Rocky has been released from Stockholm prison until the hearing of the sentence and explained that he almost immediately boarded a private jet that will fly … Sigue leyendo Make Art Great Again!
El poder no solo tiene que ver con tomar decisiones. También, y mucho, tiene que ver con no tomarlas. Esto es una de las facetas del poder bidimensional que Lukes (1974) aborda en su excelente ensayo sobre las dimensiones y características del poder. En España actualmente el poder se inclina más del lado de “no … Sigue leyendo Por la memoria futura
“Boris. Es un nombre de origen eslavo en cuya raíz está el verbo luchar”. Es el texto que enmarcado, al lado de otros recuerdos familiares, cuelga en la pared en la casa de mis padres. Tengo mucha curiosidad por saber qué cuelga sobre la pared de Stanley Johnson y Charlotte Fawcett, los padres del flamante … Sigue leyendo The Boris
