Preparing for the Future
Piero Angela's new program produced by Rai per il Sociale. The topics addressed in the episodes will be: climate and energy, genetics and nutrition, developments in…
Documentary • Series • 2020 • 1 season
Starring: Piero Angela
Created by: Piero Angela
S1 E1 - Energy: what scenario for the future?
Economic growth is not infinite and it is time to consider the meaning of the limit. Nicola Armaroli, director of the National Research Council, accompanies Piero Angela in a reflection on the need - essential to save the planet we live in - to direct the energy system towards sustainable technologies, such as geothermal and solar energy.
Dec 21, 2020 • 16m
S1 E2 - Is Nature Still Natural?
Although food scarcity has been overcome, the current world still presents glaring imbalances in its distribution. Piero Angela with Paola Bonfante, botanist from the University of Turin, retraces the stages of agricultural production in the past and looks at future directives, which must have absolute priority for respecting the environmental system and human health.
Dec 21, 2020 • 14m
S1 E3 - The Hidden Side of Video Games
In this technological era, the video game industry generates a worldwide turnover beyond all expectations. Creating video games requires interdisciplinary skills, from computer science to psychology to communication. Piero Angela together with Marco Mazzaglia of the Polytechnic of Turin explores the most interesting aspects linked to what can be defined as the most playful discipline of our time.
Dec 21, 2020 • 15m
S1 E4 - Artificial Intelligence and Natural Intelligence: Toward a New Species?
The game must be worth the candle! For Roberto Cingolani, Leonardo's physicist and researcher, it is almost a mantra to keep in mind even when talking about technology and artificial intelligence. Together with Piero Angela he invites us to reflect on the repercussions - sometimes not very evident - that technology can have in "real" life, from economic to environmental ones.
Dec 21, 2020 • 16m
S1 E5 - Who Will Be in Charge Tomorrow?
The balance between the great economic and political powers in the world are explained with skill and liveliness by the political scientist Paolo Magri, of the ISPI in Milan. The expert accompanies Piero Angela on a journey through history to lead us to an understanding of current events, with clear metaphors of the mechanisms that guide the world.
Dec 21, 2020 • 15m
S1 E6 - The New Demographic Revolution
Piero Angela explores the scenarios of 2100 with the demographer Antonio Golini and analyzes the economic and social prospects that will arise, from emigration to the repercussions on welfare. In the last century we have, in fact, witnessed the population doubling twice. This phenomenon brings with it imbalances and problems that the future generation will have to face.
Dec 21, 2020 • 14m
S1 E7 - Future Inequalities
The economy of the future will have to aim for a balance based on an equitable distribution of wealth. As? Considering all aspects of production and use of resources. According to the economist Pietro Terna, guest of Piero Angela, an economic system must be compatible not only with the needs of man, but above all with the needs of the planet.
Dec 21, 2020 • 15m
S1 E8 - Work: a Pact Between Generations?
What will the job market be like in twenty years? Who will pay the pensions? In this episode, Piero Angela accompanied by the economist from Bocconi University, Tito Boeri, explains how the future is a delicate balance in the hands of the young generation who will have to have the skills and wisdom to guide the political and social choices of the coming years.
Dec 21, 2020 • 15m
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About This Show
Preparing for the Future
Piero Angela's new program produced by Rai per il Sociale. The topics addressed in the episodes will be: climate and energy, genetics and nutrition, developments in information technology, between research and entertainment, and artificial intelligence, global economy and demographic problem, work and welfare.
Documentary • TV Series • 2020
Details
- Genre
- Documentary
- First aired
- Dec 21, 2020
- Last aired
- Dec 21, 2020
- Status
- Ended
- Episodes
- 8
- Network
- RaiPlay
- Language
- Italian
- Score
- 10.0 out of 10 from 1 votes