Chris Skinner I wonder what my kids will feel in a financial future of 2050 and beyond. We will probably regale them with stories about using cheques and cash and…
Venizelos G. Gavrilakis In an extraordinary example of early modernist art conservation, La Torada—a rare panel painting attributed to Pablo Picasso and dated 1914—has been meticulously conserved and restored by…
Chris Skinner Many have argued for years that branches are dead. Many in the fintech world believe that people don’t need branches. Some think that the pandemic proved that customers…
Deena Robinson & Martina Igini / Global Commons The world is grappling with a host of pressing environmental challenges that demand immediate attention and action. From climate change-induced disasters, biodiversity…
Chris Skinner I just watched The Life of Chuck based upon a story by Stephen King (strongly recommended). Throughout the film, it constantly references Carl Sagan’s Cosmic Calendar. The Cosmic…
Osman Şenkul Karl Marx said that people make their own history, but not in the way they want to: “People (men) make their own history, but they do not make…
John Elkington In 2001, the Taliban shocked the world by destroying Afghanistan’s Buddhas of Bamiyan. Those statues were around 1,400 years old—so who knows what fate ultimately awaits the Great…
Ali Baydarol As of today, the Automotive Package has only been proposed. Now, it will be subject to the Ordinary Legislative Procedure (OLP), in which the Council of the EU…
By Venizelos G. Gavrilakis Salvator Mundi, a mysterious record-breaking of $450 million painting by Leonardo da Vinci. A famous painting with a long history Date back to late 1490’s, and…
Sophie Allain More than half of the potential host cities Winter Games will be “climate-unreliable” by the 2080s! That’s the verdict of a rigorous 2024 scientific study funded by the…
What will money look like in 2050 and beyond?
Chris Skinner I wonder what my kids will feel in a financial future of 2050 and beyond. We will probably regale them with stories about using cheques and cash and…
Revealing “La Torada (1914)” by Pablo Picasso
Venizelos G. Gavrilakis In an extraordinary example of early modernist art conservation, La Torada—a rare panel painting attributed to Pablo Picasso and dated 1914—has been meticulously conserved and restored by…
Why bank branches still matter
Chris Skinner Many have argued for years that branches are dead. Many in the fintech world believe that people don’t need branches. Some think that the pandemic proved that customers…
EARTH.ORG / 16 Biggest environmental problems of 2026-1
Deena Robinson & Martina Igini / Global Commons The world is grappling with a host of pressing environmental challenges that demand immediate attention and action. From climate change-induced disasters, biodiversity…
Elon Musk: I am an alien
Chris Skinner I just watched The Life of Chuck based upon a story by Stephen King (strongly recommended). Throughout the film, it constantly references Carl Sagan’s Cosmic Calendar. The Cosmic…
A strong international alliance is needed to prevent war in the Middle East, just as it was centuries ago
Osman Şenkul Karl Marx said that people make their own history, but not in the way they want to: “People (men) make their own history, but they do not make…
The Sphinx as a symbol of sustainability
John Elkington In 2001, the Taliban shocked the world by destroying Afghanistan’s Buddhas of Bamiyan. Those statues were around 1,400 years old—so who knows what fate ultimately awaits the Great…
Risks for the Turkish-European automotive supply chain – 2
Ali Baydarol As of today, the Automotive Package has only been proposed. Now, it will be subject to the Ordinary Legislative Procedure (OLP), in which the Council of the EU…
“The Significent Story of a $450 Million Painting by Leonardo da Vinci”
By Venizelos G. Gavrilakis Salvator Mundi, a mysterious record-breaking of $450 million painting by Leonardo da Vinci. A famous painting with a long history Date back to late 1490’s, and…
The climate crisis and the future of the Winter Olympics
Sophie Allain More than half of the potential host cities Winter Games will be “climate-unreliable” by the 2080s! That’s the verdict of a rigorous 2024 scientific study funded by the…