23 December 2021 15:22
From the pandemic and vaccines to the Taliban conquest of Afghanistan. And again: the anniversary of the G8 in Genoa, the secrets of couple relationships, how bots work. Here are some videos and documentaries published on the Internazionale website to be recovered during the holidays.
How the vaccine market works
Financial Times, 24 minuti
Vaccines are the main exit strategy from the pandemic and this novelty is transforming the pharmaceutical industry. The global drug market in 2019 generated a turnover of $ 1.3 trillion, but vaccines represented only 3 percent of the total, because their production is considered expensive, complex and not very profitable. But with the arrival of covid-19, new companies began producing vaccines and innovative technologies were discovered and developed.
The lost generation of Genoa 2001
Alexis Mital Toledo and Eric Jozsef, 52 minutes
What happened during the G8 summit in Genoa in July 2001? The documentary Ration discomfort, made in 2002, broadcast by Arte France and unpublished in Italy, returns after a year to the events of those days and tells how police repression has overwhelmed a new generation of activists. A violence that has shown that democracy can be suspended at any moment and that has changed the relationship of many Italians with political life and civil commitment.
On the streets of Kabul, after the Taliban victory
Gabriele Micalizzi and Daniele Raineri, 9 minutes
The extremist movement argues that Afghanistan is now a safer country, but the economy is in serious crisis as international aid has been cut. Meanwhile, women fear losing the rights they have gained in recent years.
Do you really have to tell each other everything as a couple?
School of life, 3 minuti
The idea that if two people love each other they must always tell each other the truth can be problematic. The video of the philosopher Alain de Botton explains why.
What are bots and how they affect public opinion
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 9 minuti
From the US presidential elections to the covid-19 pandemic, on social networks there are more and more automatic programs that influence and polarize public opinion on issues of global importance. Bots, increasingly sophisticated and harder to distinguish from real people, are often used to manipulate debates and to spread fake news. But how did they come about and what rules can be applied to protect democracy?
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