Dove va il mondo

“Over the past decade, how Americans receive and share information has remarkably changed. Social media has led to a cultural panic; there have been debates about addiction, attention spans, political influence, mental health and the way people receive news and information, especially among teens. Much of that has focused on TikTok, which has become the […]

“The victory of Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats (CDU) in Sunday’s parliamentary election gives Germany a new opportunity to fix the crumbling foundations of its postwar success“. Fonte: Financial Times Autore: The editorial board Link: Europe needs Friedrich Merz to succeed

“As this suggests, the election’s outcome will hardly please those who had hoped desperately for political clarity in a country that has long been lacking it”. Fonte: The Economist Link: Merz wins a messy election then calls for independence from America

“Many Americans are disturbed by President Donald Trump’s trampling of the Constitution and nuking of the federal government. But one group seems to love what Trump is doing: young men”. Fonte: The Washington Post Autore: Catherine Rampell Link: Why Gen Z men love Trump’s reign of destruction

“Private US companies are now dialling back their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts after ramping them up in the past decade. Others have revised their pledges on going green. Were statements by companies acknowledging their social responsibility ever anything more than performative political theatre?” Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Raghuram Rajan Link: Was DEI really just […]

“Judged by the din of Russian propaganda Vladimir Putin has never been closer to winning his war on Ukraine. There is despair among Europeans as President Donald Trump upends the post-1945 transatlantic alliance and falsely blames Ukraine for initiating the war. “You should have never started it,” he said on February 18th, speaking from Mar-a-Lago […]

“It’s hard to be a consistent defender of free speech, since it inevitably entails forming temporary alliances with repugnant people. A classic case is National Socialist Party v. Skokie (1977), in which the American Civil Liberties Union represented neo-Nazis who had been enjoined from holding a demonstration in an Illinois village with a large Jewish […]

“Once, Diet Coke’s image was about calorie counting, breaks and well-defined abs. Today, it’s the rocket fuel of machismo America’s working habits”. Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Emma Jacobs Link: Diet Coke is a symbol of modern office culture

“Recent weeks have provided a stark reminder of Europe’s vulnerabilities. The eurozone barely grew at the end of last year, underlining the fragility of the domestic recovery. And the US began imposing tariffs on its major trading partners, with the EU next in its sights. This prospect casts further uncertainty over European growth given the […]

“On the first full day of the second Trump presidency, Elon Musk was in the White House complex when he got word that his nemesis was about to hold a press conference with the president. He turned on the television and watched as OpenAI’s chief executive, Sam Altman, and a beaming Donald Trump touted a […]