In the Latin world of the United States, two are the referents made beacons of the journalistic, cultural and even sociological. I mean Jaime Bayley and Andres Oppenheimer. Each one from his particular vantage point, in the midst of that Miami reconquered for Latin America, is lavish in media, circles of power and also in literature.
In the aspect that concerns us here, as far as their bibliographies are concerned, each one cultivates different genres. Bayly ventures off with novels chronicled by diverse social circles, with a touch of rag as for his determination to bare shame.
Oppenheimer is more about turning to essays or other non-fiction variants. Works that are not so much the projection of the most interesting ideas, but rather their ingenious and burlesque reinterpretation. Adding up his juicy lectures on the era in which we live.
Because it is one thing to write in your newspaper or to leave a talk show on television on duty and quite another is to be prepared to write that vision of the sociological and the political in which everything fits. Because writing for someone who is already back from everything like Oppenheimer results in that liberation made comedy, irony, a certain nihilism and an immediate connection with every reader who looks at his way of writing, intelligent and suggestive at the same time.
Top 3 recommended books by Andrés Oppenheimer
Every man for himself!. The future of work in the age of automation
A self-help book would begin by considering drastic change as the burgeoning need, unemployment as the opportunity to step out of the comfort zone toward reinvention.
Oppenheimer is determined not to sell motorcycles and exclaims that everyone for himself! to warn half comically and half dramatically a warning about what may come.Who is prepared?… With a vibrant and lucid prose, Andrés Oppenheimer faces a phenomenon that will radically transform society: it is likely that, in the next two decades, almost half of jobs will be replaced by computers with artificial intelligence.
Lawyers, accountants, doctors, communicators, salespeople, bankers, teachers, workers, restaurateurs, analysts, drivers, waiters, workers and students ... tremble or brace.In his new work, Oppenheimer -one of the most important journalists in Latin America, co-winner of the award Pulitzer- details what and how it will happen, at what rate and which countries will suffer the most from the coup. And perhaps most importantly: thanks to his research, carried out on three continents, he manages to explain what each of us can do before him. earthquake approaching and it lists the jobs that, yes, have a future.
Create or die
Not everything was going to be that fatalistic spirit about what a digital transition can suppose with greater intensity since some bastard virus has insisted on locking us in small social chrysalis.
It is clear that there is always more chance of giving a brave turn of the wheel in a country or region, when sailors are already used to storms and know that the only blog to write is that of survival. The most marked creativity is born from the most pressing need, never from the navel of satisfied societies.With surprising optimism about the future of Latin America, Andrés Oppenheimer reveals in this book the keys to success in the XNUMXst century, in which innovation and creativity will be the pillars of progress.
What must we do as individuals and countries to advance the innovation economy? What must we do to produce world-class innovators like Steve Jobs? To find out, Oppenheimer, the most internationally awarded Latin American journalist, explores the secrets of the brilliant careers of various are innovative nowadays.
Among others, it analyzes cases such as the chef Gaston Acurio, who turned Peruvian food into an engine of economic growth; the American Bre Pettis, a former professor who is revolutionizing the 3D printer industry, or Sir Richard Branson, the British magnate who is creating a space tourism industry. From these stories, with his usual lucidity and wit, Oppenheimer draws concrete conclusions to help us unleash the great creative potential of Latin America.
Enough stories
A great maxim. One of those premises that hit the center of the target. Each country has that burden of history that is usually used to resent other countries or regions or for a xenophobia that finally only hides the indecent aporophobia.
The point is that in that Hispanic world from Mexico to Argentina there are a lot of resentments and burdens, of stereotypes and defeatism.For Andrés Openheimer, education, science, technology and innovation in the Latin American region is urgent, and the reason is simple : the XNUMXst century will be that of the knowledge economy. Contrary to what Latin American presidents and populist leaders proclaim, the countries that advance are not those that sell raw materials or basic manufactured products, but those that produce goods and services with greater added value.
Enough of the stories! comes to light at a time when much of Latin America is celebrating the bicentennial of its independence. The obsession with the past is a characteristic phenomenon of the region, something that curiously does not happen in China, India and other Asian and Eastern European countries, despite their ancient histories. So it's worth asking ourselves: Is this obsession with history healthy? Does it help us prepare for the future? Or, on the contrary, does it distract us from the increasingly urgent task of preparing ourselves to better compete in the knowledge economy of the XNUMXst century?
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