The veil of Isis
The veil of Isis Technology and responsibility Nausica Manzi Philosophy We are complex systems immersed in a shifting web of intertwined threads of a technological civilisation that is advancing in…
Gender-based violence: the Pandora’s box that hardly anyone wants to open
Gender-based violence: The Pandora’s box that hardly anyone wants to open Marta Bernardi Current events The expression “gender-based violence” is a victim of confusion too, as it is often used…
The harmonious bond
The harmonious bond Escher and the origin of complexity Nausica Manzi Philosophy Each is a bond of union, an embodied bond of skin as in Escher's drawings, is transformed into…
Newton as a remedy
Newton as a remedy Michele Diego Science This is the power and beauty of physics itself: the ability to abstract from the specific case and arrive at a simple, analytical…
Filter bubble, cookies and echo chambers: living in a bell jar
Filter bubble, cookies andecho chambers Living in a bell jar Marta Bernardi Current events Eventually, users do not choose to access their bubble, but they are exposed to it passively.…
Emmanuel Levinas
EmmanuelLevinas In the time of the nations Nausica Manzi Philosophy There must be judgments, the state, political authority. The unique beings recognized by love, which are extrinsic to all genera,…
Frank Luntz
Frank Luntz From "Words that Work" Marta Bernardi Current Events The act of speaking is not a conquest, but a surrender. When we open our mouths, we are sharing with…
Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand from "The Fountainhead" Michele Diego Literature, Science The creator lives for his work. He needs no other men. His primary goal is within himself.[...]The creator faces nature alone.…
DAIMON- The song of the phoenix
DAIMON The song of the phoenix Nausica Manzi Philosophy The daimon becomes the new appearance of those naked souls and the eternal voice of a soul-song, a phoenix that explodes…
From the natural to the imaginary
From the natural to the imaginary Michele Diego Science It is in quantum mechanics that complex numbers find their greatest prominence, entering directly and explicitly into Schrödinger's equation, which governs…