Renaissance man: glowing genius in an age of darkness
Leonardo Da Vinci was born in Vinci, approximately 30 km away from Florence, on April 15, 1452. His father, Piero, a lawyer, came from a family with […]
Articoli di Marco Canal
Democracy in the time of the rejection of expertise
We are morphing into a society in which ignorance has become a virtue, moral decency has been relegated to a mere afterthought (if even that) and knowledge has […]
Cleon of Athens and Trumpism before Trump
MAGA wasn’t Trump’s invention. MAGA was MAGA before Trump was Trump. MAGA, in its various declinations, has been with us since the first democracy to […]
(Not) Welcome Back, Voodoo Economics
On September 27th, the Big Six (Paul Ryan, Steve Mnuchin, Gary Cohn, Kevin Brady, Mitch McConnell and Orrin Hatch) unveiled their proposal for a tax reform. […]
Fifty Shades of Gracchi
History tends to repeat itself. Never exactly in the same way, as circumstances change but mankind stays the same. Hence, the same needs and desires […]
What the Future of technology holds
In the last few years the perennial debate about technological progress has gone beyond “generic technology”, focusing on robotics and artificial intelligence and their potential […]
The anthropology behind House of Cards season 5
Season 5 of House of Cards will be available on Netflix on May 30th. At last. Because this is one hell of a TV series, arguably the […]
Renewable energy, the only way not to wreck our planet
A solid fog lingers on public debates over present and future of “renewable energy”, a discussion that is usually approached by both sides of the aisle […]
The Improbable Monsieur Mélenchon
French Presidential races are always surprising. The 2017 one is proving to be not unlike the usual. Possibly, it is one of the tightest races in […]
Stagnation, a secular problem
The Western World’s quest for economic growth has been manifestly disappointing since the crisis: while the United States is close to reaching pre-crisis GDP’s levels, […]