What is The Social Dilemma? First streamed in 2020, the documentary continues the looming conversation of humans’ addiction to technology as sort of an exposé. Over the hour and a half span of the documentary, we hear from various tech experts, and former employees of these companies, and see what they have to say about… Continue reading The Social Dilemma
Month: December 2021
The Milanese Dilemma: Homelessness and Poverty
The towering skyscrapers of Garibaldi and Citylife attempt to cast a shadow over an emerging crisis gripping Milan. The ever-present sight of those sleeping on the streets exposes the harsh realities of wealth disparity and xenophobia haunting both the city and Italy at large. A sight almost as common as Aperol Spritz and all-you-can-eat sushi: in… Continue reading The Milanese Dilemma: Homelessness and Poverty
Drab Normality vs the Unknown
The Great (Un)Known Encounters with the Unknown are awfully unsettling and wonderfully exciting. The discomfort of not knowing serves as inspiration for curious minds ready to abandon the safety of ‘common knowledge’ and navigate uncharted territory in search of… Who knows? Peace of mind, gold, adrenaline, magic? Creativity is an essential fuel of the intellectual… Continue reading Drab Normality vs the Unknown
The Financial Crisis of 2007-2008 Explained Through Cinema
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” This is how The Big Short, one of the most successful and profitable movies about the world financial crisis of 2007 – 2008 according to the Financial Times, presents its opening scene. This thought-provoking… Continue reading The Financial Crisis of 2007-2008 Explained Through Cinema
How does Squid-Game Succeed in Cross-Cultural Communication?
It’s hard to stay indifferent about Squid Game. After the twentieth time that I watched someone carve out a shape from a candy-like brittle piece on TikTok, I finally logged on Netflix and binge-watched the whole season. 456 players – gamblers, gangsters, people in debt, immigrants, terminally ill men – compete in a series of… Continue reading How does Squid-Game Succeed in Cross-Cultural Communication?