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"There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."
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Extreme Inequality (II). Was taxing the richest what made America great?
According to Thomas Piketty if we want society to be cohesive, then we must prevent economic inequality from becoming extreme.
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Sep 29, 202314 min read
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Progress (VII): Extreme Inequality is a Threat to Democracy
One of the reasons for the poor performance of democracies, even those most advanced and consolidated, is extreme inequality.
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Sep 22, 202311 min read
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Progress (VI), Hunger, and Poverty
690 million people suffered from hunger in 2019 (8.9% of the world population). This disgrace is expected to reach 840 million in 2030.
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Sep 8, 20238 min read
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Progress (V), War, and Violence
Every two or three generations, when the memory dries up and the last witnesses of previous massacres disappear, reason eclipses and other men spread evil again. —Olivier Guez, French journalist. Author of The Disappearance of Josef Mengele
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Sep 1, 202312 min read
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Progress (IV), COVID-19, Public Health Systems, and Juan Ponce de Leon
Although for some the COVID-19 pandemic may have represented a surprise, we previously had multiple warnings, including the epidemics leading to SARS, MERS, Ebola virus disease, and the misnamed Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918.
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Aug 4, 202312 min read
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Progress (III), Pandemics, and COVID-19 Vaccines
The development of mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 is an example of human cooperation. We can only define the short-term efficacy of most of the vaccines approved in the European Union or the U.S.A. against COVID-19 as spectacular.
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Jul 28, 20238 min read
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Progress (II), Health (I), and Vaccines
The plague, (or diseases in general) is perhaps the horseman of the Apocalypses that we have managed to dismount with greater success
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Jul 21, 202313 min read
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The Four Horsemen, the Apocalypse, or Progress (I)?
And again, a new day begins. And when the sun rises, the world will watch in horror run over its fields four horsemen enemies of man.
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Jul 14, 20235 min read
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Climate Emergency: Why? - Emergencia climática: ¿Por qué?
Seventy thousand years ago Homo sapiens was still an insignificant animal minding its own business in a corner of Africa. In the following millennia it transformed itself into the master of the entire planet and the terror of the ecosystem (Yuval N. Harari.)
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Feb 17, 202312 min read
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Evolution carries on (III), Overpopulation, and Fertility
Longevity is related to economy, even in the most developed countries, like the U.S.A. that is not a good example of life expectancy in comparison with other developed countries.
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Feb 10, 202310 min read
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Evolution carries on (II): Adaptation, ingenuity, and population growth
Not all human adaptations to the environment stem from its radical modification by our species or from genetic mutations. We are a resourceful species, and our adaptability increases because of our technological and cultural capacity.
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Feb 3, 20236 min read
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Religion (VI), Enlightenment, and Science / Religión (VI), Ilustración y ciencia
According to Edward O. Wilson, science and religion are irreconcilable.
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Jan 24, 20237 min read
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Religion (III): Explanation, Appeasement, and Consolation / Religión (III): Explicación, Alivio y Consuelo
Religions grew in complexity and changed their main functions with the changes from hunter-gatherer bands to tribes, chiefdoms and states.
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Jan 13, 20238 min read
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Societies (III): From bands to tribes / Sociedades (III): Desde las bandas a las tribus
With farming began the artificial selection of species, which Charles Darwin used as an introduction to natural selection
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Dec 8, 202210 min read
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Human Nature (III): The Relativity Theory, the Dance of Macarena, and Anna Karenina
"I've always maintained that in this business, you're only as good as the other fellow thinks you are." James Cagney.
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Nov 18, 202214 min read
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