Pau Planas

Great reading which once more shows that you reap what you sow. The disappearance of the Ottoman Empire is a good starting point to understand today’s Middle East …

What shall mankind do with this intolerable risk?

What a great allegory!!

An intriguing - and worrying - vision of the long-term future of humanity as anticipated at the end of the XIX century. Still a plausible metaphor today???

“La lumière ne vient pas du dehors. Elle est en nous, même sans les yeux.”

Un libro de viajes à la Kapucinski por la mítica Asia Central.

@versiorac1 en neerlandés es pronuncia neiskens

⁦@Itwitius⁩ Prisoners of Geography: political borders that ignore physical realities = sure recipe for turmoil and conflict

Beautiful, accessible description of both the science and the character behind one of the biggest open challenges in maths

Fòbies i fílies d’un català del segle XX …

It all makes much more sense when one realizes the history of the World has always been centered on Central Asia. Fascinating read!!

Assaig d’economia familiar, relat biogràfic o tractat d’ètica?

Good read about the greatness and limitations of one of the biggest scientific endeavors of the modern era: the definition of the meter and of the metric system by extension. And one in which Barcelona, my home town, plays a little-known and very relevant role!!!

@iamjohnoliver Hi John! Today I was stopped in the streets of Barcelona by someone who thought I was you. Not the first time, though … certainly you’re much more handsome!

A few ideas to transform capitalism … Let’s hope for the leadership of those who can propose such a program and for the courage of the people who may vote them!! ⁦@MazzucatoM⁩

Theoretically it is possible to encode all the information contained in every book ever written on a single notch on a perfectly straight metal rod (using only 2 parameters) [📹 mathletters: buff.ly/3YF04YJ] twitter.com/avril4799/stat…

Así como el arqueólogo caracteriza culturas extintas a partir del estudio de artefactos y fragmentos, Schlögel nos sumerge en la civilización soviética a través de multiples y preciosas píldoras de lectura absorbente, desde la fascinación por la utopía al terror y la opresión.

Correlation is not causation

Was it inevitable? A short history of Russia’s war on Ukraine | Keith Gessen theguardian.com/world/2022/mar… A great summary of the path to war. Brings to mind Margaret Macmillan’s reflections about the inevitability of WWI.

Russia speaks total lies. That doesn’t diminish America’s half-truths | Peter Beinart #Echobox=1645879416" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theguardian.com/commentisfree/…