https://pensieridensi.it/en/ Pensieri Densi is an independent cultural experiment: readers, authors and ideas gathered around a community of thought. en-GB Wed, 14 Oct 2026 08:11:29 GMT https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/10/charlie_kirk_liberta_di_pensiero_e_valori_cristiani/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/10/charlie_kirk_liberta_di_pensiero_e_valori_cristiani/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMT Freedom of thought Charlie Kirk This is an article in defence of free thought and Christian values. I greatly admired Charlie Kirk. Today would have been his thirty-third birthday. I liked Charlie Kirk when he was alive, very much enjoyed following him and naturally warmed to him. https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/10/strategia_retrospettiva/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/10/strategia_retrospettiva/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMT Management Strategy Complex systems theory uses the concept of the attractor to describe configurations towards which a system tends to converge. These are neither goals nor intentional forces. An attractor makes some trajectories more likely than others, selectively more efficient. https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/10/grazie_occidente/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/10/grazie_occidente/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMT Society Geopolitics This is the conformism of our times: it demands that we regard the West as the supreme evil, the most wicked civilisation of all, and that we be ashamed of it. Naturally, of all this too, because it is part of Western culture. https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/10/verita_trasformativa_come_la_verita_cambia_il_pensiero/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/10/verita_trasformativa_come_la_verita_cambia_il_pensiero/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMT Philosophy Epistemology Truth is not a fact but an event. Truth behaves like the inverse of electrons: the moment it is observed, it determines the state of the observer. https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/10/non_tutto_e_possibile/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/10/non_tutto_e_possibile/ Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMT There is an argument that often crops up when we talk about the future of technology. Unfortunately, it is wrong https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/10/la_famiglia_e_la_capacita_di_servire/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/10/la_famiglia_e_la_capacita_di_servire/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMT Family Ethics I do not remember the exact words, but the idea was this: a soldier’s family is an integral part of his capacity to serve. https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/10/quale_essere_umano_presuppone_il_multiculturalismo/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/10/quale_essere_umano_presuppone_il_multiculturalismo/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMT Political Philosophy Multiculturalism Multiculturalism: what are the conditions for coexistence? https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/10/discorsi_da_grandi/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/10/discorsi_da_grandi/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMT Society generations “The adults are talking here, off you go and play” “It’s none of your business, you can’t have your say” This is “grown-up talk”, how often have you heard it? You’re no welcome guest in their discussions. https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/10/in_che_setta_lavori/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/10/in_che_setta_lavori/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMT Corporate rituals KPIs Some companies are genuine corporations; others merely play the part. The former have tens of thousands of employees, offices in many countries, inevitably complex processes and a genuine need to translate what happens into numbers that can be understood from afar. https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/10/perche_l_europa_e_allo_sbando/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/10/perche_l_europa_e_allo_sbando/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMT Economics Geopolitics There is a figure that, to my mind, captures Europe’s problem perfectly, and no, it is not about immigration, but rather something much more deep-rooted that is causing us to destroy ourselves. https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/10/una_bizza_fuori_tempo_massimo/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/10/una_bizza_fuori_tempo_massimo/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMT Disability Society In the cartoon Heidi, most of us remember the character: Clara Sesemann is the girl in the wheelchair. She is frail and pale, and lives in Frankfurt in an enormous house, with a terrifying governess and a father who is often away. https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/10/nuovo_articolo/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/10/nuovo_articolo/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMT Organization Measurement What is a company really measuring when it says it is measuring value? On 26 August 2026, Meta reached a $17 billion settlement. Among other things, the agreement provides for a daily two-hour limit on Facebook and Instagram for users aged 13 to 17 (adjustable only by parents), a default night-time block, a ban on displaying like counts to under-18s, and the option for minors to enable a feed without algorithmic recommendations. https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/09/genealogia_della_cultura/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/09/genealogia_della_cultura/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT Culture Social sciences What is culture? It seems a trivial question, but it is anything but. Culture is commonly defined as ‘the body of knowledge, values, beliefs and behaviours that an individual acquires through study or that a social group shares and passes down over time’. A definition so thoroughly normalised that it seems neutral and complete; a pity it is neither. https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/09/da_homo_sapiens_a_homo_distractus_il_vero_collo_di_bottiglia_dell_ai_e_l_attenzione/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/09/da_homo_sapiens_a_homo_distractus_il_vero_collo_di_bottiglia_dell_ai_e_l_attenzione/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT Management AI We created AI to save time, and in many organisations that saved time is turning into a stream of content that no one can keep up with in full. https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/09/pensare_assieme_a_persone_intelligenti/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/09/pensare_assieme_a_persone_intelligenti/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT Thought Collaboration The internet has accustomed us to thinking that having influence means having an audience. The more people follow you, the more authoritative you seem. This is the audience model: one person at the centre and many people around them listening. But for those who produce knowledge, it may not be the right model. https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/09/non_fare_figli_e_una_scelta_ma_sappiamo_davvero_cosa_la_genera/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/09/non_fare_figli_e_una_scelta_ma_sappiamo_davvero_cosa_la_genera/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT Psychology; Society The prevailing narrative goes like this: young people are not having children because they have no money. https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/09/capo_tossico_quando_la_parola_nasconde_il_vero_problema/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/09/capo_tossico_quando_la_parola_nasconde_il_vero_problema/ Wed, 16 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT Workplace psychology Organisations Every age produces its own keywords. Some finally make visible phenomena that already existed but did not yet have a shared name. In the world of work, few words in recent years have enjoyed the success of the adjective "toxic". https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/09/remigrare_i_preti_non_assimilati/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/09/remigrare_i_preti_non_assimilati/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT Religion Politics The Catholic Church has an assimilation problem. Except that it concerns ordained priests, who are within the Church but no longer assimilated. https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/09/le_emozioni_non_si_gestiscono_si_ascoltano/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/09/le_emozioni_non_si_gestiscono_si_ascoltano/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT Psychology Behaviour Why suppressing them does not work, ruminating makes things worse, and the only useful thing is to ask them what they are trying to say https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/09/la_causa_unica_ha_sempre_un_committente/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/09/la_causa_unica_ha_sempre_un_committente/ Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT Complexity Organisations Explanations that hold up in a meeting almost never describe what is happening https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/09/l_errore_e_i_limiti_della_verita/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/09/l_errore_e_i_limiti_della_verita/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT Epistemology Philosophy of Science Every model of reality contains a greater or lesser portion of reality. Error is the point at which reality exceeds the model. This is why a culture that seeks to eliminate error risks also losing the principal mechanism through which it discovers the limits of its own representations. https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/08/lavorare_in_emergenza/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/08/lavorare_in_emergenza/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:00:00 GMT Management Organisation When emergencies become a competitive advantage The most effective organisations do not eliminate the unexpected. They learn to turn it into knowledge. https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/08/il_fragile_ecosistema_delle_parole/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/08/il_fragile_ecosistema_delle_parole/ Wed, 26 Aug 2026 10:00:00 GMT Linguistics Journalism When too many texts published online, in newspapers or on social media are written, sometimes even thought up, by AI, something happens to the language we all share. The innocent and largely unacknowledged victim is the richness of the language through which we understand, describe and discuss reality. https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/08/visto_e_non_dimostrato/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/08/visto_e_non_dimostrato/ Wed, 26 Aug 2026 10:00:00 GMT Medicine Epistemology The epistemic responsibility of medical communication on social media. What can an American philosopher in love with Hollywood comedy teach us about the surgeon who posts photographs of their work on Instagram? https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/08/nuovo_articolo/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/08/nuovo_articolo/ Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:00:00 GMT Complex Systems Cognitive Psychology Every act of help distributes incentives that determine how social systems evolve. https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/08/islamofobia_la_paura_non_e_della_differenza/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/08/islamofobia_la_paura_non_e_della_differenza/ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:00:00 GMT Society Anthropology Some words begin as descriptions of a phenomenon and end up preventing us from understanding it in all its complexity. https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/08/perche_il_vostro_cervello_odia_la_noia_e_la_scienza_e_dalla_mia_parte/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/08/perche_il_vostro_cervello_odia_la_noia_e_la_scienza_e_dalla_mia_parte/ Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:00:00 GMT Neuroscience Humour Various studies show how humour activates attention, memory and engagement, turning a presentation into an experience the brain genuinely remembers. https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/08/la_diffusione_di_un_modello_organizzativo_non_conferma_la_sua_validita/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/08/la_diffusione_di_un_modello_organizzativo_non_conferma_la_sua_validita/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:00:00 GMT Economics Sociology of organisations The human mind, as we now know, is lazy and works through heuristics. Faced with a choice whose outcome is uncertain, we are inclined to take shortcuts https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/08/la_filosofia_serve_a_creare_concetti/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/08/la_filosofia_serve_a_creare_concetti/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:00:00 GMT Management Philosophy Companies should hire philosophers, because philosophers create concepts. Companies are complex structures fuelled by meaning. They need to be understood by those who work in them and by the market, but they also need to understand the market, their competitors, the changes taking place around them and even their own identity. https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/08/la_fatica_che_ci_rende_interi/ https://pensieridensi.it/en/articoli/2026/08/la_fatica_che_ci_rende_interi/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 10:00:00 GMT Psychology Learning What we lose when we stop putting effort into what we produce.