Telecomunicat! Or how technology humanizes us

Technology humanizes us. Against the repeated mantra that digital technologies ‘dehumanize’ us, it is worth remembering a project urgently developed by the Societat Catalana de Tecnologia (Institut d’Estudis Catalans). Basically, electronic devices have been provided for patients to isolated by Covid19 in Catalan hospitals to communicate with their family and friends. In moments of isolation …

Quarantined minds in scientific paralysis

(An open letter to leaders responsible for science and technology) I have several scientific friends, some regular collaborators, who are personally and professionally blocked. These are scientists in training, some with a doctorate recently completed in 2019 and who are waiting for a response to their requests for the Juan de la Cierva or Ramón …