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Ugo Bardi is professor of physical chemistry at the University of Florence, Italy. He is a full member of the Club of Rome, an international organization dedicated to promoting a clean and prosperous world for all humankind, and the author, among other books, of The Seneca Effect (2017), Before the Collapse (2019), and The Empty Sea (2021).

All civilizations collapse. The challenge is how to slow it down enough to prolong our happiness.

Revisiting The Fermi Paradox The Long-Term Perspectives of Nuclear Energy The discovery of thousands of extrasolar planets is revolutionizing our views of the universe. It seems clear that planets are common around stars and, with about 100 billion stars in our galaxy, organic life cannot be that rare. Of course, "organic life" doesnt mean "intelligent life," and the latter doesnt mean "technologically advanced civilization." But, with so many planets, the galaxy may well be teeming with alien...

By Ugo BardiI remember having met Carlo Maria Cipolla in Berkeley in the 1980s. At that time, I wasnt involved with biophysical studies, but I was already a fan of his work. His treatise on stupidity was truly a masterpiece of intelligence and humor. Then, his description of money forgers in Florence during the Middle Ages included also a mention of some of my remote ancestors, no doubt very enterprising people, actually too much! Cipolla was an incredibly brilliant writer and, in real life, he ...