(Italiano) La comunicazione “oltre il Pil” alla Conferenza di Statistica
Sunday November 28th, 2010 | 07:18 pm | Felicità e benessere, Statistica
Proposta: più aiuto internazionale in telelavoro
Sunday January 20th, 2008 | 11:20 pm | Uncategorized
Why international agencies like the World Bank and the European Union do not apply the telework techniques to many of their missions in the developing countries? In many cases, once the working group has been established, a big part of the project could be carried out without costly trips, expensive in terms of travel allowances and CO2 emissions. The capitals of the new countries have by now adequate connections, but investing in telework structures is not considered a priority by the international donors.
Viva la democrazia! Sì, ma quale?
Sunday November 11th, 2007 | 10:18 am | Uncategorized
How do we imagine democracy in the 21st century? I don’t think that the system of electing political representatives for four or five years, as envisaged two hundred years ago, is still satisfactory for the citizens of modern states. On the other hand the forms of direct participation, now technically possible through the Net, are very dangerous because the majority is uninformed and tends to decide without considering all the aspects of each issue. Other systems are under trial: “democracy by ballot” (a group of citizens is chosen to get informed and decide on each issue), “democracy by media”, mobilizing people through television or internet, or “primary voting” on very general issues, just to confirm a ruling class that has already been selected. Each system has its own defects. Probably the only possible, even if partial, answer is democracy through the multiplication of local initiatives offering to the citizens a place to debate, as once it happened in the party meetings. It’s a process just starting in Italy, but the demand for participation is high.
Mi chiamo Speroni, mio nonno era mugnaio sull’Olona, però…
Sunday September 30th, 2007 | 07:41 am | Amarcord, Europa, Nord e Sud
About the risk of secession in Italy, my family name, the hurried way in which people read articles on the screen…
Grillo apre la terza fase della comunicazione politica
Sunday September 16th, 2007 | 08:33 am | Uncategorized
There are four reasons behind Beppe Grillo’s V Day success, (“where V stands for a very rude Italian expletive”, explains the International Herald Tribune). Grillo is a very talented comedian; his proposals are very simple (probably too simple); people in Italy are really looking for an alternative to the actual political class; and he knows how to use the mix between virtual interactivity and real encounters of his fans. Probably thanks to him Italy is entering a new phase in the techniques of political communication, where controlling televisions or carrying busloads of people to demonstrate in Rome is not enough to have success.
La ricchezza nell’era wikinomics
Sunday September 2nd, 2007 | 10:42 am | Uncategorized
Wikinomics, the new system to which everybody contributes freely through internet, puts under discussion some of our basic economic concepts. The gross domestic product (Gdp), for example, is based on the idea of measuring “wealth”. But what is wealth if an important part of the economy develops without payments and without prices?
Da dove andiamo a incominciare?
Monday June 18th, 2007 | 10:30 am | Uncategorized
Seen from Italy, all the traditional political instruments look crumbling. The United Nations cannot be reformed and cannot cope with the worst crises, the European Union is paralyzed after its enlargement and should start anew from a smaller group of nations, in this country the unity between a North and a South that are more and more different is difficult to maintain by a government who is loosing its credibility. Something should be done at all levels, to promote effective political institutions. But where do we start from? I see only one answer: from the network of people of good will who have the opportunity of talking to each other through the Net e who form a global public opinion.
