2019 Programme
Event #2
Telmo Pievani
And they called it sapiens
We need the biosphere to breath and eat. But biosphere does not need the self-proclaimed Homo Sapiens. Climate heating is a dangerous planetary experiment that is already leading to harmful consequences. Deforestation, diffusion of invasive species, wild urbanization, pollution and the exploitation of natural resources have already reduced one third of our biodiversity, and our development and consumption models are making the situation even worse. This is not a “sapiens behavior” – especially from an economic point of view – because the depletion of our ecosystems will cost us a fortune. Let’s try to imagine how the Earth would be without our pervading presence in order to find our evolutionist humility as well as the awareness of our fragility.
Telmo Pievani is Professor of Philosophy of Biological Sciences at the University of Padua, where he also teaches Bioethics and Naturalistic Disclosure. He collaborates with Corriere della Sera, Le Scienze, Micromega and L'Indice dei Libri del Mese. He is the author of numerous publications, including: “La vita inaspettata” (2011), “Imperfezione” (2019), “Serendipità” (2021), “Il giro del mondo nell'Antropocene” (with M. Varotto and maps by F. Ferrarese, 2022) for Cortina; “La terra dopo di noi” (with F. Lanting, Contrasto, 2019); “DNA” (Mondadori, 2020); “E avvertirono il cielo. La nascita della cultura” (with C. Simi, Jaca Book, 2020); “Viaggio nell'Italia dell'Antropocene” (with M. Varotto, Aboca Edizioni, 2021); “La natura è più grande di noi” (Solferino, 2022). His latest book “Tutti i mondi possibili” (Cortina) will be published at the end of August.
ph. credits: Gerardo Ozuna
Event #6
Alessandro Barbero
Popular revolts in Medieval Europe.
The Jacquerie of French peasants (1358)
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Event #16Approfonditamente
Dario Bressanini, Lucilla Titta
Yesterday’s and tomorrow's diets. How to survive fake news?
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Event #21
Paolo Colombo, Michele Tranquillini
Ernst Henry Shackleton. The hero who defeated the Arctic
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Event #25
Roberto Celada Ballanti
The destiny of a community and many religions: is there a dialogue for the future of humanity?
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Event #31Approfonditamente
Marco Ortenzi, Marco Parolini
The real truth about plastic and bioplastic (maybe)
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Event #62didatticaMente
Alberto Pellai, Barbara Tamborini
The emotive education of the hyper-connected generation
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