The Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to Daron Acemoğlu contains an important message for all humanity: "You cannot prosper with the corrupt institutions of authoritarian regimes. A few people become rich because of their ties to the regime, but the majority live in misery."
"I hate the indifferent. I believe that living means taking sides. Those who really live cannot help being a citizen and a partisan. Indifference and apathy are parasitism, perversion, not life. That is why I hate the indifferent." Antonio Gramsci
"Rien n'est plus méprisable que le respect fondé sur la crainte." "Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear." Albert Camus
Globally, women are paid about 20% less than men on average. Tackling the gender pay gap is an important goal for humanity.
Today is the International Day of Democracy. Remember that elections are not the only indicator of democracy. If a country does not have freedom of expression, free media, the right to organise and demonstrate, if the judiciary is not independent, that country is not a democracy.
Online education was widely praised during the pandemic. It was claimed that face-to-face education would be consigned to history. But today it is clear that online education will never be as effective or as successful as face-to-face education.
The owner of X (no need to mention his name) is an authoritarian populist leader lover. He has dialogue with all authoritarian populist leaders in the world. He has turned X into a hotbed of authoritarian popülist ideas.
The worst inventions of humanity are ideologies based on hatred of the other.