Sergio Nunes

1 week ago | arxiv.org | Luis Filipe |Sergio Nunes |Luis Teixeira

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1 month ago | medium.com | Sergio Nunes

Imagine your house is on fire. You ask for help — and someone suggests adjusting the thermostat. That’s the dominant political discourse. They call it moderation. The world is approaching collapse: natural disasters are more frequent and intense, seasons become unpredictable, crops fail, entire populations are displaced. Biodiversity is disappearing. Inequality is worsening. Automation is eliminating jobs at an unprecedented scale.

1 month ago | publico.pt | Sergio Nunes

Em Março de 2025 foi lançado em Portugal (Março de 2024 no inglês original) o último livro de Mariana Mazzucato e Rosie Collington, cujo título é O Grande Engano: Como a indústria de consultoria enfraquece as empresas, infantiliza os governos e distorce as economias. O ministro da Educação merecia ter lido este livro ou pelo menos a leitura da entrevista no PÚBLICO de Victor Ferreira a Mariana Mazzucato, de 4 de Maio.

1 month ago | medium.com | Sergio Nunes

We’re not just disagreeing— we’re living in different worlds. It’s election season in Portugal. Political debates are everywhere. After one of those debates — over lunch — I commented to my father on a few points that had left me outraged. When I spoke, I expected immediate agreement. That comforting validation we seek from those close to us. But when I heard his reaction, I couldn’t believe it. I thought we had watched the exact same thing. Yet it was as if we had been in parallel universes.

2 months ago | medium.com | Sergio Nunes

If I had known everything I know today — about the state of the world, human vulnerability, and the depth of emotional pain — would I have made the same choice? Talking about suffering and parenthood is rarely simple.Two weeks ago, in a conversation with friends, I said something that surprised me the very moment I said it:Sometimes I wonder — should I have brought my daughter into this world? Not because I regret it. I don’t. The love I feel for her is overwhelming.