Football, by far the world’s most popular sport, is the mirror of our society. Its Americanisation is visible as much as it is audible, as expressed by the autumnal voice of visitor Miguel Ángel Gil Marín, CEO of Atlético de Madrid, on 7 October at the IE Tower Auditorium. This week, it was rumoured that the first fixture of the sort will be the very Atlético against Barcelona in Miami three days before Christmas. How will this circus end? We shall wait. Perhaps we will live to see.
The climate crisis is perhaps the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced, but to confront that challenge, we need hope, not panic. We need action, not anxiety. Social media could be a part of the solution, but, right now, it’s part of the problem.
