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In his "remarkable" (Men's Journal) and "controversial" (Fortune) book -- written in a "wry, amusing style" (The Guardian) -- Bruce Cannon Gibney shows how America was hijacked by the Boomers, a generation whose reckless self-indulgence degraded the foundations of American prosperity. In A...

Un podcast sur les origines des technologies et infrastructures omniprésentes dans notre quotidien, mais que l'on finit par oublier.

Physical infrastructure in the United States is crumbling. The American Society of Civil Engineers has, in its latest report, given American roads and bridges a grade of D and C+, respectively, and has described roughly 65,000 bridges in the United States as 'structurally deficient'. This crisis - and one need look no further than the I-35W bridge collapse in Minnesota to see that it is indeed a crisis - shows little sign of abating short of a massive change in attitude amongst politicians and the American public.

A field guide to the memorials, museums, and practices that commemorate white supremacy in the United States—and how to reimagine a more deeply shared cultural infrastructure for the future Cultural infrastructure has been designed to maintain structures of inequality, and while it doesn’t...

Derrière chaque minute de travail, il y a des vies. Chaque instant, chaque regard compte, tout semble si bien rôdé. Mais parfois, en une fraction de seconde, tout peut basculer.Lignes de vies est un hommage musical et passionné aux agents RATP Infrastructures. Laissez-vous porter par ces mots qui racontent leur histoire, leur réalité, leur quotidien, et tous ces instants où la vigilance est la clé.Un podcast RATP Infrastructures, produit par Bababam. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Infrastructure is—finally—having its moment. From transit systems to supply chains, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and others are evaluating whether our civic infrastructure is up to the task of supporting a growing—and warming—globe. In each episode of Beneath the Surface, we explore some of the most complicated challenges facing our world, and talk to the people who are rolling up their sleeves to build solutions. Find out more about Stripe Press: https://press.stripe.com