WEEKLY SELECTION

WEEKLY SELECTION2021-11-10T13:57:12+01:00
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Each week a selection of 5 op. eds. and articles to better make sense of today’s world.

Weekly Selection

8 November 2024|

What brought the US to the brink of authoritarianism. Five geopolitical questions that political leaders must address and which of them are on Trump’s winning side. The power and influence of social media imagery. The idea of ‘field theory’.[...]

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1 November 2024|

The economic importance of inclusive institutions. Signs that the US political system is drifting into autocracy. What happened at OpenAI. Why reading matters. Could pop-up restaurants be here to stay.[...]

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25 October 2024|

There is an economic storm brewing. New economic fault lines emerging. Whatever the outcome, the post-election US will be increasingly divided and dysfunctional. Abuse of wellness can be a source of sickness. How to get the best out of stress.[...]

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Weekly Selection

18 October 2024|

How viable is a market for ‘conservation’? Can Europe create an innovation economy? Does AI hold the key to productivity growth? Should AI weapons be allowed to decide to kill? We probably have no choice. Seven ways to love better. [...]

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Weekly Selection

11 October 2024|

The new era of net mortality will require major adaptation. A perilous new era for planet Earth. A caveat about the power of AI to destroy human kind from within. How will China’s ‘anaconda’ in Taiwan play out in the long term? Some guidance for the path ‘beyond religion’. [...]

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Weekly Selection

4 October 2024|

Why the green transition risks being held hostage to geo-economic security. But why tariffs don't make economic sense either. Why a 'strategic vacuum’ hovering between two world orders makes halting war in the Middle East so difficult. Why the technology has made finding Mrs or Mr right harder than ever. Why grasping the science of life is no easy matter. [...]

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Weekly Selection

27 September 2024|

A new trilemma dogging the world economy. What democratic governments must do to resist and reverse the political inroads of big tech. A detailed portrait of Giorgia Meloni. Revelations about Total Energies’ dealings in Mozambique pose far-reaching questions relating to human rights and security. Inflammation has the capacity to help us heal but it can also do much harm. [...]

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Weekly Selection

6 September 2024|

Democracy and our very capacity to communicate are under threat from a new generation of bots. A perspective from which population decline is a good thing. Political uncertainty risks costing France its status as a core EU asset. Three tips to win an argument. What makes a memory real? [...]

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Weekly Selection

23 August 2024|

Population decline counts economically, and needs to be taken into account. Keynes' organic theory of society helps explain the enduring appeal of live performances. The exorbitant costs related to ports becoming pawns of geopolitics. What the future holds for today’s new borns. We can work on, even ‘work out’ our drive to seek positive emotions and the happiness that comes with them. [...]

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