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Work will change in many ways and each one of us will be increasingly responsible for catching what one eats. Which might mean offering new services to new clients, putting out feelers to figure out how one can help differently, while still effectively.
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Hay que superar el pensamiento occidental
El País – Eliane Brum – May 19, 2020, 3:30 PM

La pandemia ha impuesto la necesidad imperiosa de producir reflexión y cambio. Pensadores han escrito ensayos a la velocidad de la emergencia. Pero hay que entender quiénes tienen el privilegio de ser escuchados. Basta pasearse por la…

Image not available Alfredo Behrens ¿Es posible crear otro tipo de sociedad con la misma estructura de pensamiento y de lenguaje que nos ha llevado al abismo?...
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Why vaccine 'nationalism' could slow coronavirus fight
The Financial Times – Richard Milne in Oslo and David Crow in New York – May 13, 2020, 9:00 PM

When the swine flu pandemic struck in 2009, some of the world's richest countries scrambled to get their hands on vaccines however they could. Poorer countries — among the worst affected — were pushed to the back of the queue, as…

Image not available Alfredo Behrens For many global health experts, swine flu acts as a warning for the far more serious coronavirus crisis.... They fear that the current pandemic could lead to a geopolitical fight over vaccines that would exceed the failings over swine flu.
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Massive Corporate Deals Are Making Hospitals' PPE Shortages Worse
Vanity Fair – Diana Falzone – May 21, 2020, 1:07 PM

The internal memo was circulated among staff at a California hospital on April 8. “All...clinicians and staff shall be issued one surgical mask to wear at all times while at work,” it read. “It is important that every clinician…

Image not available Alfredo Behrens 'Its hands are tied—the doctor told me that the hospital has an exclusive contract with Medline (who is) running short on PPE, the hospital isn’t turning elsewhere for necessary equipment. “We sat like fucking sitting ducks,” the doctor said. '
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'Dime con quien corres y te diré quién eres', por Alfredo BEHRENS - SudAméricaHoy
SudAméricaHoy – May 18, 2020, 2:11 AM

Por Alfredo BEHRENS, para SudAméricaHoy En América Latina casi no confiamos en quien no conocemos. Los brasileños y los colombianos andan entre los más desconfiados. Solo 5% de ellos dice que confía en quien no…

Image not available Alfredo Behrens Ahora resulta que también puedo mostrar que, entre jóvenes ejecutivos, quien prefiere que el Correcaminos escape del Coyote también prefiere que se vayan de los gobiernos los populistas de cualquier pelaje!
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Rattled by a Pandemic, People Turn to Leaders - Any Leaders
The New York Times – Max Fisher – May 23, 2020, 1:22 PM

As world leaders grapple with when and how to safely reopen their countries, many are also facing a political problem: how to maintain support as they oversee tanking economies, stifling restrictions and staggering death tolls. Unable to promise…

Image not available Alfredo Behrens 'Human beings evolved in a hostile natural world where survival required high levels of cooperation. In large groups, coordination on complex tasks is easier with a leader.' But not with any leader, populists were rejected: https://youtu.be/pWJsC7Dg4ro
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Winners of the 2020 BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition
The Atlantic – May 11, 2020, 9:50 AM

Entrants in this year's contest were invited to submit images showcasing the Earth's biodiversity and showing some of the mounting threats to the natural world. These images originally appeared on bioGraphic, an online magazine about science and…

Image not available Alfredo Behrens Covid-19 has heightened our awareness of how we related to the environment and to the risk of overextending ourselves.
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Pope: Don't spin things with God
Aleteia - Catholic Spirituality, Lifestyle, World News, and Culture – Kathleen N. Hattrup – Apr 28, 2020, 11:33 PM

Today is the feast of St. Catherine of Siena, doctor of the Church, patron of Europe. Let us pray for Europe, for the unity of Europe, for the unity of the European Union, so that all together we can go forward as brothers. This was Pope Francis'…

Image not available Alfredo Behrens ... children “who say what they feel, and what they think: They still haven’t learned the art of saying things with a bit of spin so that it’s understood, but not stated. This is an art that adults have, which oftentimes doesn’t bring anything good.”
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Age, gender and culture 'predict loneliness
ScienceDaily – Mar 11, 2020

The study -- based on responses from more than 46,000 participants around the world -- is the first published research to come from the BBC Loneliness Experiment. The ages of participants ranged from 16-99, and the results show a steady decrease in…

Image not available Alfredo Behrens 'that people living in more individualistic societies report more loneliness than people living in more collectivist societies.' However, I recall a friend complaining that too many friendly people just dropped by, preventing him to read a book in Brazil.
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Hearts that drum together beat together: Group drumming stimulates behavioral and physiological synchronization that contribute to the formation of social bonds and a consequent ability to cooperate
ScienceDaily – Jun 13, 2019

Group work and cooperation are crucial in everyday life. As such, it is important to explore the avenues by which synchrony within a group may enhance cohesion and influence performance. What role can music play in this effort? In an…

Image not available Alfredo Behrens Cooperation is increasingly important in everyday work. Synchrony within a group may enhance cohesion and performance. I believe it comes more naturally within a tribe: https://journalsojs3.fe.up.pt/index.php/jim/article/view/2183-0606_008.001_0002
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