For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 5 getAbstract summaries (3 books with a total of 735 pages, one article and one video) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 876 minutes (about 15 hours). Learn more.
getAbstract Gets Moving
The government shut down the gyms and told us to stay home – and now my neighborhood is full of joggers. Something funny seems to be happening here.
Gundula Stoll (left): “A woman in our village, who used to sew underwear on contract, has made 100 face masks for everyone […] People have been painting, crocheting and embroidering rainbows with the tagline #andratuttobene - #everythingwillbeallright”
This 6 min. read saves you up to 9 hours
For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 5 getAbstract summaries (2 books with a total of 448 pages, 2 articles and one video) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 532 minutes (about 9 hours). Learn more.
“Everything Will Be All Right” – Hopefully
Almost three weeks into the total lockdown in Italy, there may be some hopeful signs hidden in the gloom. Yet when I last wrote about the potential impact of restrictions on people’s overall health, I…
For the first time in months, we are receiving good news from China: The number of domestic cases of COVID-19 reported there just dropped to zero. So, what is life like in Beijing? And what…
The same view of the Corso of Spoleto as last week, but in daylight. (Gundula Stoll)
Locked Up and Going Loco?
Today it’s day 10 of the total lockdown that has effectively turned all of Italy into a ghost country: Bars, restaurants and non-essential businesses must remain closed, and people are only allowed to leave their…
Picture from the abandoned small town of Spoleto yesterday evening 6.30 pm - actually peak time for the Passeggiata, when the Spoletini usually walk up and down the street, have an aperitivo, and above all want to see and be seen. (Gundula Stoll)
“Let’s Stop This Together”
Italy is the first European country affected by a large-scale coronavirus outbreak – being about eight to 10 days ahead of development in other major countries. What is the current situation on the ground? And…
For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 3 getAbstract summaries (3 books with a total of 1328 pages) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 1592 minutes (about 27 hours). Learn more.
FOCUS: The Decline of Democracy
The think tank Freedom House has published a “Freedom in the World” report every year since 1973. Last week, it released its latest edition – and it recorded the fourteenth straight year of deteriorating freedom.
“The Emergence of Liberty Is Perhaps Even More Surprising than Economic Growth.”
To get an idea of the political construction of the world of tomorrow, one has to travel back in time – sometimes a few thousand years. Renowned MIT economist Daron Acemoğlu talks about the making…
For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 8 getAbstract summaries (7 books with a total of 2031 pages and one video) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 2431 minutes (about 41 hours). Learn more.
FOCUS: Best of 2019
In diesem Jahr lernten wir bei getAbstract, wie man ganze Frösche schluckt, “Wachstum” ganz unpolemisch erklärt und dabei auch noch Optimist bleibt. Hier sind unsere Lieblingszusammenfassungen!
