Our relationships are freer, more independent, but also – as the Polish sociologist Zygmunt Bauman warned – more fragile. It was he who coined the phrase “liquid love” to refer to those increasingly brief and superficial encounters characterising modern [...]

As we consume greater quantities of information, our ability to sift through and retain it is diminishing. Our growing impatience makes us easy targets for manipulation.

Votes such as the Brexit referendum or the presidential elections in the US and Brazil have underscored the urgency of stepping up the fight against disinformation. Fact-checking platforms are faced with an arduous task, from which journalists cannot be [...]

By 2030, 800 million jobs will be filled by robots. The trend is irreversible. That’s why the Davos Forum sent a clear message to the global working class: if we don’t want to be replaced by machines, we have to get back to what makes us [...]

With small gigs in cafés or on the street, Tehran’s music scene has been expanding in recent years. Pop music has benefited most from this opening, whilst rock is still struggling to make it to the stage.

What was once a FARC military base during the armed conflict is now the setting of a Paz al Bosque (Peace in the Forest) workshop. It is a space bringing together the ‘protagonists’ – former guerrilla fighters, police officers, soldiers and local farmers. Much more than the unprecedented photo opportunity it [...]