Philosophy

Education: let’s not keep everything the same just because “it has always been done that way”

I recently read an article on education in the Italian daily newspaper La Repubblica. The article was inspired by a…

14 years ago

Here’ s a post from Buzz Aldrin, reminding us of the promise

Today a special issue of Newsweek, entirely dedicated to the 1960’s, hits the newsstand. We contributed this beautiful picture, that…

15 years ago

The six killer apps of Western Civilisation

This winter I met Niall Ferguson, an important British historian and writer. Ferguson is well known for his controversial theories,…

15 years ago

Keep humanities alive

Let’s go back to the subject of education.This is one of my favourite topics because it regards the future of…

15 years ago

UNHATE. Now more than ever

Flicking through one of the last issues of 2011 of the American weekly Time, I found this picture. Does it…

15 years ago

Continue taking decisions in life, with the same emotions

For each of us comes a time when certain choices turn out to be life changing. This happened to me…

15 years ago

A stark reminder that the Arab Spring is far from over

Only a few months ago Yasmine El Rashidi, the former Wall Street Journal correspondent, now resident in Cairo, provided us…

15 years ago

Who was the inventor of social media? The answer is Luther

The last issue of the year of The Economist is always full of tidbits to enjoy during the Christmas break.

15 years ago

Blogs and social network sites: media without intermediation

Blogs and social network sites have been increasingly gaining ground over the last few years (by the way: our Facebook…

15 years ago

About Midnight in Paris: past and present

I can’t claim to have an in-depth knowledge of Woody Allen’s movies. But one thing in his latest film, Midnight…

15 years ago