This week, we started with a class about Karl Popper, a known philosopher who was born in Vienna, on Saturday. We discussed different definitions of what civil societies are; the relation of common interest, cooperation without government necessarily, and the idea of it not being for profit. We also discussed two main models of civil societies, one powered by Lockean ideas and another one powered by Heglian ideas.
The second session on Saturday was with Christina from Goldwater Institute, a think tank in Arizona. She shared some of her ideas and also her story. She said about how change can start at a local level and also told us about how Arizona has a history of being a prosperous state because of its support for freedom.
On Sunday morning we had a fantastic session about writing and we had the chance to hear three essays from our classmates that were extremely nice. One of them wrote about the city of Istanbul, he wrote it in such a way that made us feel like we could see the street of the famous Turkey capital. After that, we had the chance to hear the professor reading the essay from our classmate from Sri-Lanka, and that was also very incredible, she described her very personal stories about losing her mother to cancer and being responsible for her household, she is a very inspiring person that has overcome a lot in life. Finally, we heard an essay about when one of our classmates first had the chance to see the ocean and swim in it, he made it with such a richness of details, it was also very good.
The final session was with Frederico and he shared his personal experiences with his studies and some of the history of Argentina. Frederico runs NGOs in two countries; a Think Tank in Europe, and yearly conferences. His experiences were exciting, and he was able to share with us some of his thoughts. He often mentioned something about Brazil in his talks and it was interesting to hear about his connections to my country.
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