«It’s not my fault». «They misconstrued me». «I’m a victim of circumstance». New mantras of an age, ours, in which the throne stands empty, as our tragic everyman Fantozzi knows all too well. In an excursus on the Imperative of Responsibility and its disappearance – from Netflix to Jonas – Raffaele Alberto Ventura maps out a way forward: to reclaim it. Always.
At the Museum of Empathy you literally walk in someone else’s shoes, but metaphorically, you step into the future: the one we’ll leave to our descendants. Roman Krznaric invites us to become good ancestors, cultivating an alternative view and nurturing our acorn-brain. From carpe diem to carpite diem: let’s seize the moment, and let’s do it together.
From Borges to the London Underground, from behavioural design to alternative metrics (BES, HDI, ESG): economic responsibility becomes a compass in uncertain times. Luciano Canova sketches out an economy of meaning, where GDP falls short and critical thinking drives change. Tend your own garden, Voltaire said. Today, it’s an act of responsibility.