“Psychology and the Good Life”, taught by Laurie Santos at Yale, has become the most popular course in the history of the prestigious American university. Yet there is no shortage of examples in Italy as well
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Series such as Orange is the New Black, Stranger Things, The Warden, The Handmaid’s Tale help to bring out pressing contemporary issues such as racism and feminism. Two ‘couch anthropologists’ share their insights after watching and studying ninety of them
In the final months of 2021, GDP growth in the Chinese economy slackened. Beijing’s relationship with large technology companies, but also the ageing population, will play a role in 2022.
Applying the methods of ancient and contemporary thinkers can help us get through difficult times and even find our own vocation. “We live in a society that pays little attention to the inner self”, explains Maura Gancitano, who, together with Andrea Colamedici, founded the philosophical school Tlon. However, there are ways of getting to know oneself better and understanding the right path for everyone.
Medicine, surgery, science but also technology have always moved within a gender stereotype that ignores, or belittles, women. For example, women have been excluded from scientific tests for years and smartphones are developed according to the size of men’s hands. Today things are changing, but it is still not enough.
Prices of goods and services are generally rising in Italy, Europe and many developed countries. The Bocconi economist helps explain why the resulting wage increases are not necessarily good news.
The choice to go on TikTok has been made not only by major museums, such as the Prado in Madrid, the Uffizi in Florence and the Metropolitan in New York, but also by small ones like the MArTa in Taranto in Italy. “Arousing curiosity is the key to getting people to visit museums,” explains Ilde Forgione, head of the Uffizi’s TikTok channel.
Italians are buying books again. The statistics are full of surprises: fewer new hardcopy products are appearing on the market, yet overall demand is growing steadily
A new campaign that went viral in a matter of hours led to a social survey among Chinese workers, mostly employed in the tech sector. Under attack is the infamous 996 work schedule, with twelve-hour workdays and only one day off per week.
UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network in Italy is harnessing design, art and digital technology to redesign a post-pandemic world within culture: they are driven by the example of Piedmont’s capital city, which is using design tools for its own social planning
At the onset of the pandemic, it was widely believed that the sharing economy would collapse for good. However, this proved to be wrong: the ecological dimension of car sharing, car pooling, fashion sharing and other similar practices is driving these markets
The Turin-hosted Job Film Days 2021 discussed women, young people, prospects, security and the gig economy. What is lacking to date are films that tell the story of COVID and the recent changes in the economy.
Our country should stop selling cars with diesel or petrol engines by 2035 and switch to electric cars. New skills, new professional profiles and more research will be needed
“Psychology and the Good Life”, taught by Laurie Santos at Yale, has become the most popular course in the history of the prestigious American university. Yet there is no shortage of examples in Italy as well
Software developers, engineers and computer scientists will be leading the first phase of creating a virtual reality for avatars. But eventually a detailed world will have to be created, and this will only be possible with architects, designers, mathematicians and many other professional profiles.