Letters to the Editor

Appointing responsibilities arbitrarily: a very common vice of ours

Assigning responsibility is serious. It involves free actions, consciously made decisions, and the foreseeable consequences—including collateral ones—of what we do or fail to do. It's not a tool for venting or a rhetorical game played in a coffee shop.

However, today profoundly irresponsible attitudes have become normalized: if it rains too much, if a road floods, if there are too many people in the street, or if tourists arrive, there's always someone to point the finger at, even if they have nothing to do with it. It's convenient, but false.

If a road is in bad condition, we must first check if whoever was responsible has done their job. It's deplorable when politicians demand resignations without knowing what happened or having any facts, driven only by their own interests. Rather than listening to them, perhaps we should revoke their "political credentials": because they demonstrate that they are, precisely, "irresponsible."

Properly assigning responsibility is a basic requirement of public ethics. And accepting the consequences of false accusations is an obligation we have too often forgotten.

Xavier Serra Besalú

Girona

Artificial intelligence and common sense

We live in a constantly transforming world: the ways we live, communicate, and think are changing. In this context, the emergence of artificial intelligence has quickly become an increasingly widespread tool, especially among generations that have grown up immersed in the digital age.

AI raises legitimate questions. Is it permissible to use it for everything? What limits should it have? Can it pose risks? Does it contribute to the loss of critical thinking? There are no simple answers, but perhaps the key lies in a word as much a part of our culture as it is difficult to translate: common sense.

Common sense tells us that AI can be very useful for taking on repetitive tasks, organizing information, or saving time in mechanical processes. But it also warns us that delegating reflection, judgment, or intellectual effort is a dangerous abdication. Technology is not the problem: its use is. And, as is almost always the case, the smartest thing to do is still to act sensibly.

Francesc Pibernus i Vinardell

Torroella de Fluvià

Changing the Hollywood narrative

The other morning, while I was having breakfast, my partner said to me in a tone that was both surprised and calm:

"They're bombing Caracas."

I suggested we imagine how they would have said it if someone were bombing New York. Silence.

Since the end of World War II, the United States has portrayed itself as the savior of Europe and the world. Hollywood has had a lot to do with it. Who hasn't felt empathy for bonds?cowboysAmericans fighting against evil Indians? Who saves Earth from an asteroid? Who defends humanity from an alien invasion?

Changing this narrative is surprisingly difficult, even though figures like Trump make it easy for us. When we think of a major global tragedy, many of us still have a specific date etched in our memory: the day the Twin Towers fell.

Perhaps it's time to start assigning a day and year to all the atrocities committed around the world and to remember that a life is worth exactly the same, regardless of where one was born. Once and for all, let's do justice—not the sheriff's justice—and change the narrative.

Roger Deulofeu Cànoves

Girona