Alan Fortuny Sicart

What is a system? I am glad you ask. The understanding of systems is critical to navigate in a complex world. But let's start by a definition. A system is an integrated assembly of matter and living beings that are interconnected and have one or multiple purposes, goals or functions.  Our climate is a system, our forest is a system and our economy is a system too. Although the isolated analysis of one part can be helpful for some type of questions, a realistic measure of the impact of a shock/new scenario/variable change, requires the understanding of the relationship between the components of the system. Please do not forget the purpose/s. It is particularly unnoticed the real goal that each systems follow. Oceans systems are critical for the live of corals and fish, for the moderation of the climate, for the generation of clouds and drinkable water... Forests are critical for the soil, for the availability of oxygen, local rain patterns, the wildlife that inhabit these spaces... 

We live in times where connectivity, particularly the superficial one, is everywhere. Open offices spaces, tens of tools to chat and share content and an infinite list of social media providers and almost free entertainment. To some, those are brilliant times of creativity and democratization of content, but to others, this is also a time when the lack of deep thinking, conversing and ultimately working, is a risk to our progress. We now know how social media and many electronic gadgets are designed to keep us connected for as long as possible. Being the fact that the free access posses a huge price on our available time to do what matters, going deep in our passions and duties. As the world becomes more complex, and the raise of AI make deep work the only which is not only valuable but not hard to substitute by machines, it is surprising that most of the people are trapped with too many meetings, interruptions of any type, and worse of all, addicted to superficial and unfulfilling sou

  Hawkin's passion was the search o a theory of everything. Some simple yet rigorous explanation of the beginning, future and end (if any), of the universe. If at the beginning was barely nothing, just matter with infinite mass in a incredible dense state. It is not way after the big bang , when matter cross an expansive universe and time was created, that the miracolous circumstance of our planet took place.  While the universe expands, we stay in our system, not too far and not close from any other planet. Attracted and repulsed by the Sun, our source of energy, heat and ultimately all living matter. A very little alteration on such forces summarized by gravity, and nothing will be the same. One day the Sun will collapse, and life in our planet will fade. It is so far in time, that we should be concerned about other topics right now, such as biodiversity collapse, peak everything and a likely singularity. It is almost poetic,the emptiness of space or the uniqueness of every momen