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ROBOTS WILL NOT TAKE OVER YOUR JOB
Spanish version published on Medium I am sure that in a conversation with friends or coworkers, you have heard the phrase, “Artificial intelligence is going to take over our jobs.” Even though artificial intelligence (AI) promises many real advantages, people still...
How Urban Regeneration Can Be Used to Uplift Lower-Income Residents
Urban regeneration is a term sometimes conflated with urban renewal. However, there are significant differences between the two. Urban renewal is a city planning strategy aimed at transforming blighted areas through economic development, while urban regeneration is...
¿Contaminan los coches eléctricos?
Siempre me han fascinado las ‘startups’ que nacen con el objetivo de cuestionarnos lo que las marcas nos venden. Es el caso de Tire Collective, una ‘startup’ británica que conocí gracias a la pregunta que me hizo mi gran amigo Santiago en medio de una intensa...
Do electric cars contribute to pollution?
I have always been fascinated by new startups and often have questions about related products and services. This was the case when I learned about Tyre Collective, a British startup I was introduced to after my friend Santiago asked me the following question during a...
Organic products are sustainable until they are not!
Every day, more and more supermarkets stock their shelves with products labeled as "eco," "bio," or "organic." Even though we are familiar with these words, we tend to use them interchangeably, without appreciating the differences among them. Have you ever...
Cómo la regeneración urbana puede ser utilizada para mejorar la calidad de vida de los residentes de bajos ingresos
La regeneración urbana es un término que a veces se confunde con la renovación urbana. Sin embargo, existen diferencias significativas entre ambas. La renovación urbana es una estrategia de planificación urbana destinada a transformar áreas deterioradas a través del...
How Will the Inflation Reduction Act Address Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the U.S.?
In late July, US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Joe Manchin announced that they had reached an agreement on legislation that will address climate change, energy, and healthcare as part of a larger bill aimed at combatting inflation. That bill—the...
¿Cómo abordará la Ley de Reducción de la Inflación las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero en Estados Unidos?
A finales de julio de 2022, el líder de la mayoría del Senado de Estados Unidos, Chuck Schumer, y el senador Joe Manchin anunciaron que habían llegado a un acuerdo sobre una legislación que abordará el cambio climático, la energía y la atención médica como parte de un...
Sustainable and Humane: Generation Z’s Values Are Reshaping Our Consumption
Spanish version published on my medium Generation Z refers to anyone born between 1994 and 2010. This cohort of young people is a digitally native generation that had to adapt to a changing world in which uncertainty and instability became widespread after consecutive...
What Factors Are Behind Mexico’s Lack of Access to a Quality Education?
For many years the Federal government has pledged to reform the country’s underperforming education system. But sadly, Latin America’s second-largest economy still struggles to provide quality education to the overwhelming majority of the population. Numerous barriers...