Functional illiteracy remains one of the deepest structural barriers to human progress, national competitiveness, and the real ability of individuals to benefit from the accelerating technological revolution. While global narratives often celebrate advances in basic education and access to formal schooling, the reality is far more complex. International data shows that being able to decode letters and words is not the same as understanding, interpreting, analyzing, and transf

Since Geoffrey Hinton, often called the “godfather of artificial intelligence”, began speaking more openly in recent months about the future and the role AI will play in our lives, public debate has expanded dramatically, amplifying the imagined futures of humanity. Hinton, who helped build the foundations of deep learning, now tells us that this technology has the potential to become not only more intelligent than we are, but also more persuasive. He argues that certain form

When we look at a social map of any country on planet Earth, we see a division that goes far beyond income: it is an environmental, cognitive, and spiritual division. People with higher levels of education, greater access to information, and a stronger culture of well-being tend to live in leafy neighborhoods with flowers, trees, gardens, air circulation, and contact with natural and organic products. These environments enhance mental health, creativity, spirituality, and cog