We need more leaders ready to risk a Brave New World!
Today, many highly qualified young people are leaving the country.
The “marriage” between BRT and Portugal seems obvious. We need to continue to invest in the urban mobility of our citizens, while doing so with a minimum of resources.
I believe that communication is one of the world’s biggest problems.
I have often praised a number of traits of our culture, and of our DNA as a country and people. Take our rare ability to adapt, our perseverance or our ease of relating to other people. However, Portuguese genes also have limitations.
The immateriality, speed and global scale of the Internet have made it a one-of-a-kind platform for sharing ideas and creating, fulfilling lives and inspiring revolutions.
Today, on average, African countries have 50 years of independence – much more than the average age of their population, which is under 20.
For all of the Portuguese, 2011 was like an unwanted alarm clock waking us up to a harsh reality. A reality more and more rooted in universal capitalism, where so-called markets – i.e. creditors – make the rules of the game.
My optimistic hopes did not come to pass, and a lot has happened (to us) over the past year. We won’t really miss 2011.