Human Affairs

In the opening episode of Season 2 of Human Affairs, Jorge Diener is moving the conversation from the "making sense of a world in disarray" to bringing a colorful framework of actual ideas and actions to deal with the challenges of the present and the future.

As we approach the end of an extraordinary year , this season finale reflects on human aspirations beyond happiness in the making of a new era.

A human perspective behind the scenes of the world's biggest sport party.

When 10 million people in Ukraine are freezing due to the cruel destruction of their country's infrastructure and 500 million people in the world are at the risk of starvation because of cruel violence by armies of evil; we can't remain immune to human suffering. Adapting to go on with our lives doesn't mean being indifferent, but should mean allocating part of our time, resources and purpose in doing something about it. We always say about past mass human tragedies that 'we won't forget" . Let's not forget now how we can avoid getting into those remembrance words.

On how the struggle between stability and disruption can trigger progress for ourselves, our businesses and the world.

Finding Purpose at the edge of Global Transformations

Lessons from Evolution and Cell Biology & the transformative power of Stem Cells in rebuilding lives, literally and metaphorically.

When algorithms are the queens and kings of the new balance of power and their owners decide what reality we see and we live, netizens can transform the digital scene by creating an open space towards a renewed free society.

From customers who are not always right, to bitcoin secrecy, through disruption that actually preserves and win-win models that are outdated.

An attempt to move away from transactional into relational societies, companies and organizations; removing transactions as the basic DNA of current human interactions.

When the dystopian future is here today, we may unlock the active power of envisioning a human values-based future and get closer to Utopia, an ideal benevolent community.