After a Friday packed with audience, speakers, and ideas, Enfoquem opened on Saturday morning with a carlinada Of intelligence and hope. Armed with his characteristic humor and lucidity, writer John Carlin, in conversation with journalist Laura Rosel, elevated the Focus to the level of an insurrectionary uprising against fatalism with a reflection on the role of luck in life. A narrative peppered with unmissable anecdotes from his own life distilled a simple yet profound reflection on the contribution each of us can make to building a kinder future.

In 2021, the Barcelona City Council, then led by Ada Colau, put forward a new Special Urban Plan for Drastically limit gambling establishments in the Catalan capital. It was established that these types of venues could not be installed within 800 meters of school boundaries or 450 meters of other facilities such as healthcare centers and libraries. In practice, this made it impossible to find a location where they could be installed. Now the Supreme Court has overturned part of this regulation, and Jaume Collboni's City Council has opted to suspend the approval of licenses while new regulations are drafted.

Sometimes in life, inexplicable things happen.