• ESP
    • ENG
Menu

A magazine about humans

  • WHAT ABOUT

  • WHAT A MEET

  • A magazine about humans

  • WHAT A MANIFESTO

  • WHAT A SHOP

article

The wars in 2022

  • 2560

  • 125

The wars in 2022

Humanities, Society, politics

After a year that saw an assault on the U.S. Capitol, horrific bloodshed in Ethiopia, a Taliban triumph in Afghanistan, great-power showdowns over Ukraine and Taiwan amid ...

The frock-coated Communist

  • 2535

  • 121

The frock-coated Communist

Humanities, Society, History

Friedrich Engels is one of the most interesting and contradictory figures of the 19th century. Born into a prosperous West German merchant family, he spent his career ...

Ch, ch, ch, ch, changes

  • 2593

  • 121

Ch, ch, ch, ch, changes

Humanities, Society, History

One night at the end of the XXth century, a famous British TV program announced the end of the century including biggest changes ever, while images of all kind of ...

Bread for tomorrow

  • 1366

  • 22

Bread for tomorrow

Sciences, Society, sociology

These days of confinement and prudence are proving that it is enough for bakeries to open from nine to one. Four hours that provide people their daily bread, and allow ...

The critical mass and the catastrophe theory

  • 5886

  • 35

The critical mass and the catastrophe theory

Sciences, Society, sociology

In the field of sociology is called critical mass the amount of people from which a particular phenomenon occurs and acquires an own dynamic that allows it to hold itself and ...

The experiences of desire

  • 2295

  • 34

The experiences of desire

Humanities, Individual, philosophy

Desire is a force inherent in all matter and all being, manifested through attraction —eros, love— and repulsion —misos, hate—. In turn, the love and hate, sons of ...

On dynamics of History

  • 1992

  • 16

On dynamics of History

Humanities, Society, history

The History, its changes and evolution of societies is marked by a tension between conservation and change, according S. Aguilar. The evolution of a being or a society is ...

TTIP or the law of the jungle

  • 1705

  • 55

TTIP or the law of the jungle

Sciences, Society, politics

If it is true that today the world is at a crossroads, two forces are currently in times of struggle. And if it is true that the we are the system, becomes ever more urgent ...

The end of State paternalism

  • 1262

  • 18

The end of State paternalism

Sciences, Society, politics

The paternalism of State is coming to an end. The corporate slogan of 'protecting the good citizens' is losing credibility in all forms of persuasion. He has not been able to ...

How are you?

  • 1435

  • 9

How are you?

Sciences, Environment, ecology

It is quite common to find in ethnographic readings on indigenous peoples how they establish links close with their environment or territory. In issue 34 of ...

We eat the plastic we throw away

  • 2178

  • 32

We eat the plastic we throw away

Sciences, Environment, ecology

The origins of the plastic back to the late nineteenth century, but it was not until 1909 that bakelite, the first completely synthetic plastic invented of the history. They ...

Transgressive awareness

  • 2124

  • 38

Transgressive awareness

Sciences, Individual, psychology

We humans say what distinguishes us from other species is awareness: we can realize, in the sense of shed light on something, wanting to watch and question what we ...

Immortality, last evolutionary step

  • 2255

  • 24

Immortality, last evolutionary step

Sciences, Individual, biology

It may sound like science fiction, but the fact is that there is a project whose ultimate goal is to achieve something like the immortality of the human being. This project is ...

The paperboy is in danger

  • 2342

  • 31

The paperboy is in danger

Sciences, Society, sociology

The industry that has evolved the most and the only one that has really evolved is the communication industry; mobile devices, social media, internet and broadband. ...

The right to a decent existence

  • 3204

  • 71

The right to a decent existence

Sciences, Society, politics

The Universal Basic Income is a theory, in relation with economic policy. Although there are numerous precursors —Paine, Fourier, Van Parijs, More, Tobin— in Spain ...

Life is a dream

  • 14770

  • 97

Life is a dream

Humanities, Individual, philosophy

The conception of life as a dream is very old. There are references to this idea in so different times and cultures as the Hindu tradition, Persian mystique, Greek philosophy ...

Direct, cultural and structural violence

  • 135910

  • 111

Direct, cultural and structural violence

Sciences, Society, sociology

The triangle of violence, defined by the Norwegian sociologist Johan Galtung, identifies three types of violence and argues that the phenomenon has a similar structure to that ...

Manufactured to break

  • 3238

  • 56

Manufactured to break

Sciences, Society, economy

It is called 'planned obsolescence' to the determination of the end of life of a product, so that, after a certain period of time determined by the manufacturer, the product ...

The universe is the home of the stars

  • 7751

  • 73

The universe is the home of the stars

Humanities, Individual, pedagogy

Javier Naranjo is a Colombian poet and professor who some years ago had the bright idea to start asking children in a school of Antioch for the meaning of words. The result is ...

The smart island

  • 3149

  • 43

The smart island

Sciences, Environment, ecology

El Hierro, the island farthest from the Iberian Peninsula and the smallest of the Canary Islands, is a quiet place. Only the wind disturbs some peace that reigns in this ...

We are what we eat

  • 3263

  • 48

We are what we eat

Sciences, Society, ecology

From birth to fast food in the 30s in the United States, the controversy over the new food industry has constantly arise. Constitutes the industry really the solution to all ...

How much is enough?

  • 3580

  • 43

How much is enough?

Sciences, Society, economy

In his essay 'Economic possibilities for our grandchildren', in 1930, the British economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that within a century industrialized societies have ...

The transforming power of music

  • 3397

  • 18

The transforming power of music

Arts, Individual, music

According to the most common definition of the Royal Spanish Academy, music is the art of combining sounds of the human voice or instruments, or both at a time, so as to ...

Architecture, soil and Earth

  • 3364

  • 25

Architecture, soil and Earth

Arts, Environment, architecture

It's nothing new: some of the oldest buildings in the Earth are built with soil. It is estimated that half of the world population lives in houses made with this ...

Subconscious does its job in the right way

  • 3708

  • 41

Subconscious does its job in the right way

Sciences, Individual, psychology

As everyone knows, and cast the first stone who doesn’t, the most significant decisions involve so many rational variables, that people often feel blocked and stop thinking ...

Green buildings

  • 2978

  • 36

Green buildings

Sciences, Environment, ecology

What do we mean by 'green' or 'sustainable' building? Perhaps, the proper term is bioconstruction, or at least is what Spanish architects used to refer to a structure of any ...

Can a box be idiot?

  • 2378

  • 23

Can a box be idiot?

Humanities, Individual, sociology

In many parts of the world, spending hours sitting in front of the television has become one of the main activities of daily life. Europeans employ 40% of their free time ...

The firmament and the starry nights

  • 3669

  • 38

The firmament and the starry nights

Humanities, Individual, philosophy

Émile Chartier, who defined himself as the most philosopher among journalist and the most journalist among philosophers and lived between the 19th and 20th century, ...

No one rules if no one obeys

  • 15037

  • 161

No one rules if no one obeys

Sciences, Society, politics

Active non-violence is a protest tactic, related to civil disobedience, which calls for a revolutionary politic, social and cultural change without the use of violence. The ...

The power of a good smile

  • 3574

  • 20

The power of a good smile

Sciences, Individual, psychology

The power of smile is so big that only the fact of slightly doing it already produces beneficial effects. Richard Wiseman, a Public Understanding of Psychology professor in ...

Are the great born or made?

  • 2919

  • 23

Are the great born or made?

Humanities, Individual, pedagogy

This is one of the important questions that human beings have been thinking about since the begging of time. Who knows for what purpose, perhaps that of turning us all into ...

    About

    WHAT is a nonprofit cultural association spreading knowledge and critical thinking since 2012. You can get further information here

    Contact

    If you are interested in collaborating, financing o just wanting to know further about, please send an e-mail and we will answer you asap

    Legal

    WHAT does not necessarily agree with the entire content of the site, and its use implies the tacit acceptance of the terms and conditions