Philosophy

04/06/2012

Philosophy



Is the Internet making us stupid?

The Internet has great potential and should be incentivized - of this there is obviously…

23/05/2012

Philosophy



Not everything has a meaning. But it is hard to admit it

The homo oeconomicus is someone you wouldn’t like to have as an enemy. He is…

20/04/2012

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…

19/03/2012

Philosophy



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…

12/03/2012

Philosophy



The six killer apps of Western Civilisation

This winter I met Niall Ferguson, an important British (Scottish to be precise) historian and…

08/03/2012

Philosophy



Keep humanities alive

Let’s go back to the subject of education, already discussed in one of my previous…

08/02/2012

Philosophy



UNHATE. Now more than ever

Flicking through one of the last issues of 2011 of the American weekly Time, I…

07/02/2012

Philosophy



Continue taking decisions in life, with the same emotions

For each of us comes a time when certain choices turn out to be life…

09/01/2012

Philosophy



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…

29/12/2011

Philosophy



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…

21/12/2011

Philosophy



Blogs and social network sites: media without intermediation

Blogs and social network sites have been increasingly gaining ground over the last few years…

09/12/2011

Philosophy



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…