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We continue to look at the life and times of Uno no Sarara, aka Jito Tenno, female sovereign ruling in her own right.  We look at some of the places she traveled to as sovereign and, ultimately, what she did to ensure that her grandson would succeed her. For more, check our podcast blog page:  https://sengokudaimyo.com/podcast/episode-154 Rough Transcript Welcome to Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.  My name is Joshua and this is episode 154: Queen Uno no Sarara, Part II   Light drifted in from outside the grand audience hall.  It filtered through barred windows and screens, and glinted off of bright gold and bronze accents, as well as the polished stone floor.  Upon a raised dais, surrounded by curtains, sat the tennou, arrayed in all of his youthful majesty.  Before him were princes and high ranking nobles, dressed in their finest court clothing.  Rich brocades of silk and black gauze hats only added to the pomp and circumstance of the moment. The nobles bowed and brought out a small tray.  Upon it were seventeen scrolls, freshly made, representing the latest updates to the laws and punishments of the land.  The nobles presented the work they had overseen, the culmination of a year's effort to further bring into line the organization of the state.  Off to the side, behind a screen of her own, Uno no Sarara watched the proceedings.  She thought back on all that had happened to bring them to this point.  This glittering hall was a far cry from the plain wooden structures of the old Kiyomihara palace.  And while she had never visited them, she could only imagine that this must rival the courts on the continent.  Everything that she and her husband had worked and fought for—all of the battles  they had fought, and all of the friends and children they had lost—she watched as it all came to fruition. The court was never going to be entirely peaceful—there would always be those striving for wealth and power, however they could attain it—but at this moment she no doubt felt as confident as she ever had that her efforts hadn't been for naught.  No matter what happened from here, the State, and her line, would continue.   So let's recap: We started with Part I of Uno no Sarara's reign back in episode 152, and then last episode we took a bit of a detour to go more in depth on the history of Ise and of the worship of Amaterasu more generally.  We talked about how there is good reason to believe that Ise shrine's prominence—and even many of the stories about Amaterasu and her importance in the story of the royal family—were either created or at least emphasized during the reigns of Ohoama and Uno no Sarara.  We ended with a discussion of the Jingikan, the newly created government organization developed to deal with so-called "Kami Matters", formally bringing the administration various shrines under the administration of the State.  Specifically it seems to have focused on State sponsored rituals.  I have no doubt that they took charge of the rituals at court itself, and they were likely involved in the worship at Ise Shrine, as well as the shrines of Tatsuta and Hirose.  On the other hand, as with the spread of Buddhist temples, direct State control was likely limited, at least at this stage, likely focused on the most influential institutions. This episode I want to continue with Uno no Sarara's reign.  She continued to make her mark on the court, tweaking how things worked, especially around the concept of rank.  And then there were her various travels.  These were mostly to her palace in Yoshino, but several other journeys, including a tour of the land of Kii—modern Wakayama prefecture—as well as a visit to her half-sister, Royal Princess Asuka. For all of that, however, the entry in the Nihon Shoki ends with what was perhaps one of the most direct and unique things she did:  Ensuring a smooth transition of power to her grandchild, Prince Karu. And while in this episode we'll (spoiler alert) cover both this power transition and Uno no Sarara's eventual death, we won't be done with her reign and its impact after this episode.  After all, there is still a lot going on around this time, and multiple different threads to pull on.  I expect several more episodes to cover things, such as the creation of hunting and fishing preserves, Buddhist merit-making, crime and punishment, and more.  There are also a few more people to talk about, such as Kakinomoto no Hitormaro, the court poet, and Fujiwara no Fubito and the establishment of the Fujiwara family as we know it.    So let's take a look at Uno no Sarara and what she was up to. She was still very much putting her stamp on things, tweaking the codes and making edicts.  One of the more impactful edicts would seem to be one where she had the government officials and people of the Home provinces all divided into nine classes.  This seems to be introducing yet another rank system, though this one is a bit more technical than the ones that came before. For one thing, it divided everyone up into nine ranks.  To do this, the court were going to take a look at a period of up to 6 years for those who already had rank and up to 7 years for those who did not.  The court—presumably court appointed judges—would use that period to evaluate individuals and slot them into a new system of nine classes.  Those in the first four classes would be given cap-rank based on their individual merits, the services that they had performed, and the importance of their house.  There isn't really a mention about the other five classes, but as they were theoretically the lower classes of society, it may not have been quite so pertinent.  BTW, of the three things that they were using to determine cap-rank, that last one, the importance of the individual's house, strikes me as the nod to the fact that the Japanese had not yet gotten away from the idea of "kabane" type hierarchy.  Granted, it isn't like family was unimportant in the Tang court, the Japanese were just being much more blatant and direct about it. Once everyone was properly sorted into the appropriate cap-rank, new edicts were issued on the official court clothing, which we discussed in Episode 150, and if you check out the blogpost you should be able to see what that looked like. I would note that the cap-rank system would eventually go away and be replaced by a rank system also based on 9 ranks, which then were broken up into upper and lower and junior and senior, so very similar to what we see with cap-rank, with some slight changes.  Uno no Sarara continued to make tweaks to the system, while working on the various large scale projects of the reign.  She wasn't exactly a homebody, however.  As she did all of this, she was regularly taking trips away from the capital. For example, between 689 and 697 she took at least 30 trips to visit Yoshino, sometimes taking as many as five trips in a year.  These were often short—a couple of days and then back to the grind of the court.  However, that's all that we get.  Based on the dates, we can at least make a few inferences.  For one, she was going down in all seasons, so she really must have enjoyed it, and it doesn't seem like it was attached to any particular official date or ritual.  Perhaps it just got her away from the pressure of official life. Some of her travel appear to have been work trips.  Her travel to Ise, which we talked about in the previous episodes, as well as things like traveling to visit the Castle of Takayasu and also to inspect horses at the embankment of Wani-no-kami.  Those appear to have been both trips where she was keeping an eye on things. Other trips, however, provide fewer details.  Mostly we know where she went.  This included trips to Hatsuse, Kii, Takamiya, and Yonabari, in Uda.  We are also told she ascended the Peak of Tou no Mine and later that she made another journey out to the Futatsuki Palace—presumably at the same place.  And we also have a trip out to the country-house of Royal Princess Asuka. Now Hatsuse, Kii, and Uda are all places we've previously talked about.  They are all on the Kii peninsula.  Hatsuse—or Hase—and Yonabari, in Uda, are both due east of modern Sakurai, following the Yamato upriver and then branching off to the aptly named Yonabari river.  These areas are well-referenced in the rest of the Nihon Shoki.  "Kii" is a bit more ambiguous.  Kii refers to the entire land of Kii, or Kii no Kuni—by the way, if you are familiar with the Japanese bookseller "Ki-no-kuni-ya", that name directly references the land of Kii as the family who started it were from Wakayama in Kii, where they served under the Kishu—or Kii—branch of the Tokugawa family during the Edo period.  That said, there were others who also used the name "Kinokuni" as a locative name as well, and you will occasionally see it here or there, even outside of the famous bookstore. The land of Kii is basically all of the southern Kii peninsula.  On the west side, it starts at roughly Wakayama, and includes the mountainous regions south of the Nara basin, wrapping around to the east side of the peninsula, to just south of Ise.  Today it is split between Wakayama prefecture and parts of Mie prefecture, including the towns of Kihoku—literally "Northern Kii"—and Taiki—"Big Kii".  Today, "Taiki" is part of the Watarai district, Watarai being the name of the location where Ise shrine was located.  So you can see that Kii basically included everything from one side of the peninsula to the other. Most of the time, though, I would generally assume that travel to Kii is a reference to the nearby area of Wakayama, especially as there are other references to that area in the form of hunting and fishing restrictions, which we'll discuss more fully in a later episode. This particular trip to Kii sounds like it was a bit of a longer trip, incorporating several locations.  We know that it took roughly eleven days—about a week and a half.  That's enough time to do quite a bit of sightseeing.  In fact, shortly before leaving, Uno no Sarara says that she is going on a "tour" of the land of Kii, and as such the land-tax and poll-tax for Kii would not be collected for a year, since, instead, they were expected to support her visit so that she could travel in appropriate style and so that temporary palaces could be made available for her use.  Kii is an interesting place for Uno no Sarara to visit.  It is mentioned occasionally throughout the chronicles, and its position puts it squarely in Yamato's sphere of influence.  At the same time, its mountainous nature means that it was never quite as populated as regions like the Nara basin or the Kawachi plains, where the large, flat areas were better suited to wet rice paddy agriculture.  In Kii, there are only a few areas really suitable for supporting large populations through agriculture alone, and even today the mountains make travel and construction in the area more difficult, so you don't have the highly concentrated population centers as in other regions.  The area around modern Wakayama city provides some of the best land for agriculture, with some other coastal regions as well. But it is mountains that Kii is known for, and the mountains often have spiritual significance.  Mt. Koya, or Koyasan, would be found in 805 as the center of Shingon Buddhism, but well before that you have the Kumano shrines, also known as the Kumano Sanzan—the three mountains of Kumano. There is a lot of evidence that worship at the three mountains of Kumano was heavily influenced by Buddhism and Buddhist traditions, but that this was a later influence on areas that were already important spiritual sites well before Buddhism arrived in the archipelago.  The exact nature of worship is debated, but the area was important, with "Kumano" once treated as its own land, overseen by the Kumano Kuni no Miyatsuko.  The deities of Kumano and the area more generally features in the Nihon Shoki in the legendary stories of Iware Biko, aka Jimmu Tenno. The Kumano shrines are, ultimately, a series of shrines in the Kumano region, roughly 20-40 kilometers from each other.  There are three main shrines—Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha, and Kumano Nachi Taisha—known as the three mountains.  There are numerous other shrines as well.  There are three main deities worshipped, but then also another nine that are considered important as well, for at least twelve kami.  The three main kami – Kumano Musubi no Ohokami, Hayatama no Ohokami, and Ketsumi Mikoto Ohokami – are also considered to be manifestations of Izanami, Izanagi, and Susano'o.  Izanami and Izanagi are famously the progenitor kami of the archipelago, while Susano'o is the storm and ocean deity said to be the rambunctious and troublesome brother to Amaterasu Ohokami.   It is quite likely that the connection with these other kami—who feature prominently in the later stories, was actually a later addition.  Similarly, around the 9th century, the Kumano shrines were heavily influenced by Buddhism, which often co-opted indigenous kami worship by associating the native kami with incarnations of Buddhist figures.  In this case:  Thousand-armed Kannon, Yakushi—or the Medicine—Buddha, and Amithabha.  I must say that associating Amithaba—or Amida—with Susano'o seems like a bold move.  The deity who tossed a backwards flayed colt into Amaterasu's weaving hut is also the Buddha who made the promise that all who call on his name would find their way to the western pure land? I guess. Together, the kami of Kumano are known as the Kumano Gongen, and there is a pilgrimage trail, even today, that leads between the various shrines and peaks, as well as various temple complexes in the area. There is one other interesting connection with Kumano shrines, and that is the fact that there is a Kumano Taisha up in the Izumo region.  Today, they claim that despite the names being identical, there are no actual ties between Kumano Taisha and the Kumano Sanzan.  The Kumano Taisha of Izumo is actually considered the Ichinomiya, or most important shrine, of Izumo—even more important than the famous Izumo shrine, itself.  It lies 30 minutes south of modern Matsue, and enshrines a kami known as Kushi-mikenu-no-Mikoto, said to be another name for none other than the famous Susano'o. Kumano Taisha claims to have been first mentioned in the Nihon Shoki back in the time of Takara Hime, aka Saimei Tennou, in an entry from 659, though that entry simply states that the Izumo no Miyatsuko was to repair the shrine of the "Itsuki" kami, and doesn't specifically mention Kumano Taisha by name.  There is an entry attributed to the Izumo fudoki, which claims a shrine was located on Mt. Kumano, identified with modern day Tenguyama.  And then, Kumano Taisha appears in the Engi Shiki in the 10th century.  Suffice it to say, there are many different ways that this can be interpreted. Scholars have attempted to look into the potential connections between Kumano Taisha in Izumo and the Kumano Gongen of Wakayama, but it does not appear that there is a fully formed consensus.  I would note that we certainly see various important worship centers branching out throughout the archipelago, setting up branches elsewhere, and we also see the association of various local kami with other, more famous kami, making the claim that they are simply another name for the same entity.  This would appear to be one way to bring different groups into communion with each other, as it were, and helping to gloss over the potential difficulties found in diverse belief and worship practices. As a side note, there is at least one other Kumano Taisha of note, found up in the Tohoku region.  It claims to be the "Ise of Tohoku", with a focus on Izanami and Izanagi.  It seems to claim a founding around the early 9th century at the Tenno's request.  Given that, I think we can ignore it for our current discussion. To bring this all back around, it is unclear if Uno no Sarara's tour of Wakayama included the Kumano shrines at this time.  Certainly Kumano would play an important role in the legends and stories that the court was putting together, but what structures were in place at this point in the story are unclear.  Her tour may have focused much more on the area around modern Wakayama.  Her tour of the area took a total of eleven days, which is more than enough time to have seen a fair bit of the area, and certainly would have been enough time to get down to the Kumano region, but we don't have any clear details that I see to say exactly what happened. Still, I do find it interesting to look at the juxtaposition of the Kumano shrine story with that of Ise.  Both took on some aspects of the official stories of the founding of Japan and appear to have been important shrines for the court to some extent, and both the trip to Ise and the trip to Kumano were events such that local taxes were commuted for a time to help pay for the royal visit. But whereas Ise would go on to reject the merging of Buddhism with local kami worship, Kumano appears to have embraced it.  Kumano worship took on a highly syncretic character, with Buddhism and Kami worship becoming inextricably intertwined, maintaining that character even today, despite numerous historical attempts to extricate the two from each other. Ultimately, Ise shrine would take pride of place as the national shrine of the royal family, but I can't help but wonder what would have happened if Kumano had been more ascendant. Getting back to our discussion of Uno no Sarara's various peregrinations:  we also have what appear to be two trips up to Tou-no-mine—the modern pronunciation for the name which Aston transliterates as "Tamu no Mine".  This is the peak where, about forty years earlier, Takara Hime is said to have built a circular enclosure and called "Futa-tsuki" or two "Tsuki" trees palace.  It was also known as "Ama-tsu-miya", the Heavenly Palace.  The modern Tou-no-mine is a mountain to the southeast of Asuka, however, there is also a theory that the Tou-no-mine and Futa-tsuki palace were actually on a small hill just due east of the Kiyomihara palace site.  This is where we find walls, the Sakafune-ishi stone, and other examples of work from the time when the Futa-tsuki palace would have been built. That said, to get to Tou-no-mine, we are told it was a two day trip—one day out and one day back.  That said, it wouldn't have all been spent traveling.  In fact, Tou-no-mine, today, is under two hours walking distance.  The site by the palace is much closer, and the entry for going to the Futatsuski is only mentioned on a single day.  So none of that is particularly helpful, in my opinion.  Ultimately, we know that it was a location near Asuka and that it was associated with Takara Hime, the last female sovereign in her own right—even though her reign was arguably run largely by her son, Crown Prince Naka no Oe. Speaking of whom, Naka no Oe was not only the father of Uno no Sarara, but also of Royal Princess Asuka.  So when Uno no Sarara went to Asuka's country house, also known as the Denso or Tadokoro, she was actually going to pay a visit on her own half-sister.  By the way, "country-house" is the Aston translation.  A more direct translation might be something like "Field Place".  It was a private estate belonging to powerful families, such as the local elites—or in this case the royal family.  It is a rare glimpse into the living conditions of those royal princes and princesses who were not resident in the palace itself.  I do find it interesting that it specifically identifies the royal princess and not some male relative or husband—and Uno no Sarara isn't really noted as visiting a lot of family members all over the place.  I've seen a suggestion that Asuka may have been married to Prince Osakabe, one of Temmu's sons, but if so it is interesting that Uno no Sarara goes to visit *her* house and not *his* house. Princess Asuka is not mentioned much, but given this and a few other things—including being mentioned in the Man'yoshu in connection with a poem by the famous Kakinomoto no Hitomaro—she seemed to be someone important, even though we don't have a lot of information on what that looked like at the time. And with that, we've covered most of Uno no Sarara's travels.  We discussed her near-constant trips to Yoshino, then there were official visits to inspect the fortifications and horses.  Granted, that latter duty was also done just at the palace, in Asuka, so it wasn't necessarily terribly special.  There was her expedition to Ise, which we discussed in a previous episode, and then down to tour the land of Kii.  There were short jaunts out to Hatsuse and Yonabari.  And the largely unexplained visits to Tou-no-mine and the enigmatic Futa-tsuki palace.  Finally, there was a note about her calling on her half-sister, Princess Asuka. So that was what Uno no Sarara was doing when she wasn't at the court.  Otherwise, whether it was in the Asuka Kiyomihara palace or in the new Fujiwara Palace, she was dealing with the business of the state.  Much of what is recorded are fairly common things—banquets, archery competitions, and similar events that are interesting in aggregate, perhaps, but maybe not so helpful in figuring out the larger trends that were occurring at the time.  There were edicts and changes, but we can talk about those separately.  There were natural disasters, as well. Overall, she spent eleven years on the throne, from 686 to 697.  In that time, she finished much of the work started by her husband, put her own stamp on the new government, and, perhaps most importantly, she set up her grandson for success.  It is worth nothing that Uno no Sarara's posthumous regnal name is Jitou Tennou, and while that was probably not something she chose for herself, it may give us some insight into how the Chroniclers viewed her.  Remember that the brothers, Naka no Oe and Ohoama, were given the names "Tenji" and "Temmu", respectively.  Tenji is "Heavenly Wisdom", and he is counted as the brains behind the Great Change, the Taika reforms, and much of the shape that the state took from 645 onwards.  Temmu is something like "Heavenly Warrior".  The victor of the Jinshin no Ran was remembered for his military strategy, even though that was really only a small part of his overall reign.  The characters of Jitou's posthumous title are two characters.  The first, "Ji", means "to hold" or "to have".  The other character is "tou" and generally means "relationship" or "to control".  It can also refer to unification. This is often considered to mean that her role was seen as continuing to hold the throne and continue the work of her husband and his line, his progeny.  In this case, that means strengthening the state that Ohoama had built, following through on his national projects, and ultimately ensuring that the throne passed seamlessly to Ohoama's grandson, ensuring that his line would continue.  Of course, it probably should be noted that of course it was also her own bloodline that she was continuing as well, something that would become important in later years. And it is easy for us to look at this as simply editorializing by the Chroniclers, who were, after all, trying to craft a national narrative as well as record the history.  In many ways the use of these posthumous titles allowed them to do that—to summarize an entire reign into something that could be easily remembered.  And yet, based on the actions that she has taken, there certainly seems to be something to this description of Uno no Sarara and her motivations. We saw, early on, how she cleared the way for her own son, Crown Prince Kusakabe, getting rid of his potential rival for the throne, Prince Ohotsu, and thus potentially averting another conflict at the start of the reign.  But then Kusakabe died, leaving her with his young son, and while placing a young infant on the throne might have become a thing in later centuries, that precedent had not quite been set just yet.  Even as it was, Uno no Sarara likely had some concept that she could not know how many years she would get.  A decade on the throne was nothing to sneeze at, and many sovereigns had much less.  And so, beyond setting up the structure of government that her grandson would inherit, she also had a few more things to ensure.  She would want him to be old enough to be taken seriously, and she would need to make sure that there were no other claimants that could complicate matters.  There was only one other serious candidate that fit that description, and that was Prince Takechi. Remember, Prince Takechi was Ohoama's eldest son.  He was also a maternal descendant of the Munakata, meaning that he didn't have the double-royal imprimatur that was presumably required to take the throne as the sovereign.  And yet, Uno no Sarara was no doubt savvy enough to understand that those kinds of traditions changed quickly and easily in the past, as long as one had the right political backing. At the same time, Uno no Sarara appears to have leaned heavily on Prince Takechi's support.  It was a risk, but his support for her efforts would help her do what she needed to do.  Not only that, but if anything did happen to the young Prince Karu, Prince Takechi was the next in line.  He was also the Dajou Daijin—the most powerful court position short of Uno no Sarara herself.  For many reasons, it would have been difficult if the Queen felt she needed to take him out of the picture. Perhaps then it was fortuitous that in 696 the issue resolved itself, when Royal Prince Takechi passed away. This was no doubt a sad event, and yet it also may have set things in motion.  Prince Karu had been born in 683, so he was fourteen years old—still quite young, but old enough.  He was also surrounded by supporters, including his own mother, widow to the late Prince Kusakabe, Royal Princess Abe. While it isn't mentioned in the Nihon Shoki, we get a glimpse of how all this was planned in the Kaifuso, published in 751.  There, in an entry for Prince Kadono, a son of Prince Ohotomo, we are told that after Prince Takechi's death, Prince Kadono met with Uno no Sarara and others and suggested a course of action.  He encourage Uno no Sarara to pass on the kingdom to Prince Karu, despite his youth.  If true, this is quite the statement from someone whose own father was killed in the Jinshin no Ran, which brought Ohoama and Uno no Sarara to power in the first place.  It appears as though she heeded his advice, setting up what would come next over the following year. And so it is from the year after Prince Takechi's death that we start to really see entries focused on Prince Karu.  In the second month of 697, for instance, we see that Tahema no Mabito no Kunimi was appointed to be Prince Karu's tutor.  Likewise we see Michi no Mabito no Atomi and Kose no Ason no Ahamochi appointed as director and assistant director of the Spring Palace—the palace for the Crown Prince, the Heir Apparent.  Interestingly, Aston notes that the Nihon Shoki never actually gives an entry for when Prince Karu was named Heir Apparent—it just seems to be assumed. Ten days after the new directors were appointed, a public great-congregation was held at the Crown Prince's palace—here called the Eastern Palace, and I'll admit I'm not sure if "Eastern Palace" and "Spring Palace" were different names for the same place or what.  I assume these were all part of the newly built Fujiwara Palace, though the most important part is the implications for Prince Karu.  He was being introduced to the court, it seems, with a large congregation at his residence where the court would be expected to acknowledge his position as the crown prince and heir apparent. Three months later, we are told that Uno no Sarara grew ill.  The Ministers and various government officials made votive images of the Buddha in an attempt to make merit and help her to recover.  While she would recover from whatever illness she experienced, I suspect that this was something of a wake-up call.  Uno no Sarara was in her early 50s, and she wasn't getting any younger.  She also lived at a time where she had to realize that many others hadn't made it as far, and perhaps her illness made her realize that if she was going to do something, she had better do it sooner, rather than later.  And so, just a little more than a month later, on the first day of the 8th month, Uno no Sarara abdicated the throne in favor of her grandchild, Prince Karu, soon to become the next Tennou. This isn't the first time we've seen an abdication in the history of Yamato, but it is perhaps the first time we've seen it quite like this.  When Takara Hime abdicated, I think we can agree that it was largely under duress.  She had just seen her son lead a bloody coup against the most powerful court nobles, and that really does seem to have shaken her.  No such bloody struggle was happening here, however.  In fact, there is plenty to suggest that avoiding a bloody struggle was exactly Uno no Sarara's point.  By overseeing Prince Karu's ascension while she was still around, Queen Uno no Sarara maintained significant control over the process. Part of this rested on the fact that when she retired from the position of Tennou she didn't just become some commoner or retreat to the position of Queen Mother or Dowager Queen or something similar.  Instead, she took on a new titled:  Retired Sovereign, or Dajou-Tennou.  Technically this means that her own title was something like "Greater Sovereign", compared to Karu's "sovereign".  This position was new, and may not have even been fully formed at the time of the initial abdication.  Unlike when Takara Hime abdicated, effectively acknowledging that she wasn't actually in charge, Uno no Sarara was planning to remain an active force in government.  Her grandson would be set up as the formal sovereign, or Tennou.  He would be responsible for the rituals and ensuring everything was properly carried out, but his mother, the Dajou-Tennou, would have a tremendous amount of clout and control. By all accounts, this abdication and creation of the "Dajou-Tennou" position really does seem to have been specifically set up for this occasion, to ensure the smooth transition of power.  This way, when Uno no Sarara eventually did pass away, there would be no question about who was seated on the throne.  Given everything she had witnessed—from stories about her how her own father had come to power as well as the events of the Jinshin no Ran and then everything that happened in the aftermath of her own husband's death—I can understand why Uno no Sarara would have been pre-occupied with the idea of ensuring a smooth transition to the next sovereign.  She likely could not foresee how this new position would be used in the future, and yet it would become something of a staple in the politics of the Japanese court. Initially, retired sovereigns were typically doing so for reasons similar to Uno no Sarara—to ensure a smooth transition of power from one to the other and to ensure that the next tennou could be established to avoid instability.  However, it would become something even more.  After all, why wait until your heir is actually ready?  If you are going to be running things, anyway, why not remove yourself from the tedium of ritual while retaining your authority?  And in later centuries we see the tennou retiring younger, leaving younger and younger heirs to hold the actual throne.  There would also be a certain Buddhist aspect to it as well, allowing the retired tennou to be seen as a kind of Golden Wheel Turning Sovereign who was theoretically beyond the material cares of the day to day.  The retired sovereigns would be referred to as "In", which is likely a reference to the suffix given to their compounds, rather than the common "Miya" or "Gu".  And so the government under these retired sovereigns would become known as the Insei, or government by cloistered sovereigns, but that system was still in the future.  For now, we are just seeing the seeds of what was to come, eventually. To understand this later phase of Uno no Sarara's life, we need to take our first few steps into a new source:  The Shoku Nihongi.  The Nihon Shoki ceases to describe anything after Uno no Sarara's abdication, and the official history of Prince Karu's reign—known to us as Monmu Tennou—is taken up by the Shoku Nihongi.  This is literally the continued Japanese history, and we'll talk about it in depth at some point.  For now, I would note that it was compiled in 797 – so literally a century after the last entry in the Nihon Shoki.  That said, it likely had much better records to go off of compared to the Nihon Shoki, though it was still likely compiled with a view that was still quite friendly towards the royal family and the position of the Tennou. And so, when Uno no Sarara largely disappears from the narrative, I don't know that we should assume that she had truly gone completely hands off.  After all, with everything we've seen, do we think that this is a woman who would just hand the reins over to a fourteen or fifteen year old boy?  And yet the first time she appears is in 701, when she is making a trip to her favorite vacation spot:  the Palace at Yoshino.  That said, there were some pretty big events that happened during this period, after her abdication and assumption of the title of Dajou-Tennou.  The biggest was the creation of the Taihou Code.  Once again, this will need a fuller treatment, but the Taihou Code was an update to the Kiyomihara code.  The Asuka-Kiyomihara code was 22 volumes, and focused on  the laws, the "ryou", but not necessarily the punishments, or "ritsu".  In contrast the Taihou code was 6 volumes of "ritsu" and 11 volumes of "ryou", for 17 volumes in total.  Unfortunately, we mostly have scraps of indications here and there, and the codes that came afterwards, which were each based on what came before.  For instance, we do know that they completely overhauled the rank system yet again.  Unlike the Kiyomihara  code, which took years to develop, the compilation of the Taiho code is ordered in 700 and completed by 701—likely because it was really more of an update and a compilation of what was already on the books. This was perhaps the most significant thing that happened while Uno no Sarara was still available to exert her influence.  Karu was still only about 19 years old at this point.  He would turn 20 the following year, 702.  That same year, Uno no Sarara would travel all the way out to Mikawa no Kuni, which is the eastern half of the modern prefecture of Aichi.  The royal procession, which started in the 10th month of 702, then made its way back through Owari a month later, and from there up to Mino, and then down to Ise and back through Iga.  The royal procession is first recorded on the 10th day of the 10th month and returned on the 25th day of the 11th month—a round-trip time of roughly 45 days.  Throughout we are told that various ranks and awards were given out to important individuals at each stop. Unfortunately, that trip may have taken a toll.  A few weeks later, on the 13th day of the 12th month, Uno no Sarara grew ill.  There was a great amnesty pronounced throughout the realm, and one hundred men took Buddhist vows on her behalf.  They even read the Sutra of Golden Light in the Home Provinces.  Alas, it was all to no avail.  Uno no Sarara passed away on the 22nd day of the 12th month—or January 13th in 703.  It was roughly six years from her abdication.  She would have died with at least some knowledge that the realm was largely in order.  Her grandson was on the  throne and had been ruling for the past six years.  He had attained the age of majority, and things seemed relatively stable.  There was even a new, grand, permanent capital city, just like on the continent. But that closes out the life of Uno no Sarara.  She lived in interesting times, experienced tremendous fortune and misfortune, and she put her indelible stamp on the state of Yamato and thus the future of Japan.  There is still more to go over in this period—we have interactions with the Emishi, updates to society, and various impacts to Buddhism.  We'll also take a look at some more important people from this period, including Kakinomoto no Hitomaru, the famous poet, and the poems of the Man'yoshu, and Fujiwara no Fubito, the son of Nakatomi no Kamatari and the one largely responsible for making the Fujiwara house the most influential house in the entire court. Until then if you like what we are doing, please tell your friends and feel free to rate us wherever you listen to podcasts.  If you feel the need to do more, and want to help us keep this going, we have information about how you can donate on Patreon or through our KoFi site, ko-fi.com/sengokudaimyo, or find the links over at our main website,  SengokuDaimyo.com/Podcast, where we will have some more discussion on topics from this episode. Also, feel free to reach out to our Sengoku Daimyo Facebook page.  You can also email us at the.sengoku.daimyo@gmail.com.  Thank you, also, to Ellen for their work editing the podcast. And that's all for now.  Thank you again, and I'll see you next episode on Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.

Prodotta da Associazione Culturale Atelier APSScritta e realizzata da Alan Zamboni.Sound design: Matteo D'Alessandro.https://www.matteodalessandro.com/Per chi volesse info sul libro “L'atomo sfuggente” questo è il link al sito della casa editrice: https://www.mondadori.it/libri/latomo-sfuggente-alan-zamboni/Il romanzo è disponibile in tutte le librerie e gli store onlinePer sostenerci: https://associazioneatelier.it/Per sostenere il progetto dedicato alla scienza a Berlino:https://associazioneatelier.it/in10cities/Per contatti: Atelier AssociazionePer donare ad Atelier APS (iscritta al RUNTS - terzo settore) il 5 per mille: CF = 98181440177

Prodotta da Associazione Culturale Atelier APSScritta e realizzata da Alan Zamboni.Sound design: Matteo D'Alessandro.https://www.matteodalessandro.com/Per chi volesse info sul libro “L'atomo sfuggente” questo è il link al sito della casa editrice: https://www.mondadori.it/libri/latomo-sfuggente-alan-zamboni/Il romanzo è disponibile in tutte le librerie e gli store onlinePer sostenerci: https://associazioneatelier.it/Per sostenere il progetto dedicato alla scienza a Berlino:https://associazioneatelier.it/in10cities/Per contatti: Atelier AssociazionePer donare ad Atelier APS (iscritta al RUNTS - terzo settore) il 5 per mille: CF = 98181440177

A cosa può servire un contatore di atomi capace di enumerarli uno a uno anche quando sono riuniti in piccoli gruppi? Per esempio, a dar vita a nuovi orologi atomici, computer quantistici e simulatori quantistici. Può avere diverse funzionalità, in un momento storico in cui moltissime prospettive di sviluppo, tanto nella ricerca di base che nella ricerca applicata, convergono verso la capacità di manipolare gli atomi singolarmente. Un notizia è che al Laboratorio ArQuS - laboratorio congiunto tra l'Università di Trieste e l'Istituto Nazionale di Ottica del CNR, per la prima volta dei ricercatori sono riusciti a intrappolare, fotografare e contare singoli atomi con con una metodologia che potrebbe aprire la strada ad applicazioni concrete, basata su pinze e manipolatori fatti letteralmente di luce. I risultati degli studi condotti al Laboratorio ArQuS sono stati pubblicati su Quantum Science and Technology e Physical Review Letters.Ospite Francesco Scazza, professore di Fisica della Materia all'Università di Trieste, direttore del Laboratorio ArQuS.

Ni asilimia ngapi ya atomi ambayo ni tupu?

Ni vitu gani hupatikana ndani ya atomi? Sikiliza maelezo haya ya kiswahili ili uweze kujua zaidi

Katika video hii fupi na ya kielimu, tunaingia ndani kabisa ya ulimwengu mdogo wa atomi na kuchunguza siri inayofanya muundo wake kuwa imara na thabiti. Tutatumia mifano rahisi, kama vile sumaku, kukusaidia kuelewa sheria za msingi za fizikia zinazotawala ulimwengu wetu.Jifunze sayansi kwa njia rahisi na ya kuvutia!

Atomi ni nini na imeundwa na nini?

Dalle grandi scoperte alla sua posizione nel progetto nucleare per la costruzione di una bomba atomica tedesca: biografia e scoperte di Werner Karl Heisenberg.

Può un computer diventare davvero cosciente? La mente umana è solo un sofisticato algoritmo? In questo episodio de "La mia vita spaziale" esploriamo le rivoluzionarie tesi di Federico Faggin nel suo libro "Irriducibile", dove l'inventore del microprocessore sfida il riduzionismo scientifico contemporaneo.Chi è Federico FagginFederico Faggin non è solo il pioniere che ha creato il primo microprocessore nella Silicon Valley: è un pensatore che ha osato mettere in discussione i dogmi della scienza materialista, proponendo una visione della coscienza come proprietà fondamentale dell'universo.I temi chiave dell'episodioL'informazione viva vs. l'informazione classicaFaggin distingue tra informazione misurabile nello spazio-tempo e quella "viva" che contiene una dimensione irriducibile all'analisi scientifica. Come un iceberg cosmico, ciò che misuriamo è solo la punta emersa di una realtà infinitamente più ricca.Le SEITI: le unità di coscienza universaliOgni particella elementare è una "seità" - un punto di vista cosciente sull'universo, simile alle monade di Leibniz. L'universo diventa così una sinfonia di prospettive coscienti che comunicano attraverso il linguaggio della fisica quantistica.Il paradosso dell'intelligenza artificialePerché riusciamo a creare macchine più veloci e precise di noi? Secondo Faggin, proprio perché siamo ontologicamente superiori alle nostre creazioni. Dal meno non può venire il più.La democratizzazione della coscienzaLa coscienza non è privilegio umano, ma proprietà distribuita che attraversa ogni livello della realtà come una corrente segreta di autoconsapevolezza.Riflessione del conduttore"Faggin mi ha costretto a riconsiderare profondamente il rapporto tra tecnologia e umanità. La sua visione è tanto più potente perché viene da chi ha contribuito a creare il mondo digitale che oggi mette in discussione. Oscar Wilde diceva: 'definire è limitare' - e forse è proprio questo il limite di ogni scienza che pretende di catturare la coscienza in formule."Timestamps principali• 01:00:01 - L'universo che vuole conoscere se stesso• 01:00:38 - L'informazione viva secondo Faggin• 01:02:15 - Informazione quantistica vs. classica• 01:03:42 - La prospettiva irripetibile di ogni particella• 01:05:12 - Le SEITI e le monade di Leibniz• 01:07:22 - L'universo come linguaggio vivente• 01:10:20 - Il paradosso dell'intelligenza artificiale• 01:12:20 - La critica di Oscar Wilde: "definire è limitare"• 01:13:25 - La coscienza come sostanza della realtàTi sei mai chiesto se esista davvero qualcosa di irriducibilmente umano che nessuna tecnologia potrà mai replicare? Condividi la tua esperienza nei commenti e iscriviti per non perdere i prossimi episodi de "La mia vita spaziale"!Parole chiave: coscienza, intelligenza artificiale, filosofia della mente, meccanica quantistica, Federico Faggin

Tantissimi giochi oggi!

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La convinzione che la materia sia fatta da atomi si rafforza nel corso del tempo grazie all'apporto di molti scienziati. Uno in particolare ha dato tutto per questa causa.Per sostenerci: https://associazioneatelier.it/Per contatti: associazioneatelier@gmail.comSe volete sostenerci con il 5 per mille:Atelier APS (iscritta al RUNTS (terzo settore))CF: 98181440177

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C9lHZpfRCGz/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission snd the Atomi company now recall Atomi smart heaters. These heaters tend to turn on without your input leading to fires and burns. About 99,400 were sold in the US and about 10,700 were sold in Canada all at Amazon.com, Ace Hardware, Atomiusa.com, Best Buy, BJ's Wholesale Club, Costco, Hammacher Schlemmer, Home Depot, Lowes and lowes.com, Menards, Sam's Club, and Walmart stores. Immediately stop using these recalled heaters, unplug them, and go to atomicheatererecall.com for instructions regarding receiving a refund.  You will be asked to cut the unit's power cord and upload a photograph of the cut cord and the manufacturer's label to the website in order to receive the refund.For more information, call Atomi at 1-888-770-7140. https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2024/Atomi-Recalls-Smart-Heaters-Due-to-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards #atomi #heater #poweron #fires #burns #recall

Se materia e antimateria si formano sempre in parti uguali, perché il nostro Universo sembra essere fatto solo da materia? Siamo sicuri sia proprio così?AntiMateria è una serie di 7 video ideata da Curiuss  e prodotta dall'Ass. Culturale Atelier. Scritta e realizzata da Alan Zamboni.Per sostenerci: https://associazioneatelier.it/Per contatti: associazioneatelier@gmail.comPer donare il 5 per mille alla associazione Atelier (iscritta alle associazioni del terzo settore):ATELIER APS CF = 98181440177

Cosa si inventarono coloro che videro per primi le particelle di antimateria? La storia della conferma sperimentale della previsione teorica di Dirac.AntiMateria è una serie di 7 video ideata da Curiuss  e prodotta dall'Ass. Culturale Atelier. Scritta e realizzata da Alan Zamboni. Per sostenerci: https://associazioneatelier.it/Per contatti: associazioneatelier@gmail.com

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Il Tempo sembra scorrere sempre dal passato verso il futuro. La cosiddetta "freccia del Tempo" ha un verso ben preciso. La Fisica nel corso degli anni ha cercato di dare una spiegazione a questa strana asimmetria. Il secondo episodio della serie sul tempo va a esplorare il mondo della Termodinamica, l'unico che pareva descrivere questo fenomeno, fino al momento in cui le risposte hanno trovato un nuovo e affascinante modo di vedere le cose. A quel punto a cambiare sono state le domande.Per sostenerci: https://associazioneatelier.it/

Due gruppi di ricerca, uno cinese e uno canadese, sono riusciti a realizzare il teletrasporto di una particella piccola come un fotone. Una ricerca che apre la possibilità di realizzare un computer quantistico. E forse, proprio un computer quantistico potrà processare tutte le informazioni che servono per teletrasportare qualcosa di più complesso di una particella, come un oggetto o, addirittura, una persona. Quali sono le difficoltà per realizzare questo sogno fantascientifico? Di che cosa è fatto il nostro corpo? E di che cosa è fatta l'anima? In questa puntata ho teletrasportato il mio amico Emanuele! Le fonti. Bryson, Bill. “Breve storia del corpo umano: una guida per gli occupanti”. Guanda, 2019. Il teletrasporto del fotone. Il computer quantistico. Una rassegna di articoli sul computer quantistico. Il programma televisivo Hunting the Elements della PBS. I film. L'esperimento del Dottor K (The Fly) 1958 regia di Kurt Neumann. La Mosca (1986) regia di David Cronenberg. Il Quinto Elemento (1997) diretto da Luc Besson. E poi tutta la serie Star Trek che ha teletrasportato un sacco di bella gente. Per scrivermi discoscienza@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

B1+ - INTERMEDIATE - Ebben a részben öt gondolatot osztok meg James Clear, Atomi szokások című könyvéből. ➡️ Become a member and get the transcript of all episodes with a vocabulary list and explanation: https://www.patreon.com/hungarianwithsziszi

Alberto Cellotto"Appendic"Ronzani Editorehttps://ronzanieditore.itPer chi scrive quest'uomo? Tornato in Veneto dal Canada, passati i cinquanta, senza più legami e vicino a una soglia invisibile, perché scrive? Il suo è un alfabetiere di cose apparentemente casuali, da poco apparse alla vista (o all'udito), oppure riemerse da lontana memoria. Atomi di prosa, forse scritti per destinatari diversi e per lo più ignoti. Meno li conosce, più lo scrivente si affida a loro; non pretende reciprocità, ma i suoi modi risentiti e talvolta irritanti implicano pure una forma di contatto in qualche profondità perduta. Le cose appaiono, fermate in queste righe, in una posizione sospesa, fuori dal tempo, cariche di un significato che sfugge ma è lì, prossimo e tangibile nel suo diverso alfabeto. Diversi sono anche il custode del cimitero coi suoi traffici, e la signora che fa le punture, figure alla Lynch se non fosse per qualcosa di ruvido che riporta alla realtà, pure alterata, di questi Last Days che gocciolano piano sulla pagina. Ricordi, polemiche interne e intime che rivendicano la necessità della cultura (ma quale?); e soprattutto percezioni: natura (sì, esiste ancora), quinte di monti, un fiume e i colli, casolari diroccati, case ovunque piantate in un paesaggio finalmente muto, senza più connotazioni prevedibili. Matteo GiancottiIn copertina: Nicoletta Bidoia, collage serie Le soglie, 2018.Alberto Cellotto (Treviso, 1978) ha pubblicato i libri di poesia Vicine scadenze (Zona, 2004), Grave (Zona, 2008), Pertiche (La Vita Felice, 2012), Traviso (Prufrock spa, 2014), la plaquette illustrata da Nicolò Pellizzon I piani eterni (La collana Isola, 2014), Pechino (2019), Non essere (Vydia, 2019) e La decenza comune (Pordenonelegge/LietoColle, 2020). Ha tradotto Duluth di Gore Vidal (Fazi, 2007), Canzoni per la scomparsa di Stewart O'Nan (Fazi, 2011), Una speculazione sul grano di Frank Norris (Amos Edizioni, 2012) e alcune poesie di Matthew Sweeney su Testo a fronte 53 (Marcos y Marcos, 2016). Il suo primo libro di narrativa è il racconto epistolare Abbiamo fatto una gran perdita (Oèdipus, 2018).IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.itQuesto show fa parte del network Spreaker Prime. Se sei interessato a fare pubblicità in questo podcast, contattaci su https://www.spreaker.com/show/1487855/advertisement

Torniamo a parlare di nucleare, adottando questa volta una visione più ottimistica sia sul presente che sul futuro delle sue applicazioni civili. Ospite di questa puntata, infatti, è stato Alberto Facchini, PhD in ingegneria nucleare e Lead Project Engineer presso FRAMATOME. Alberto ci ha fornito un po' di insight su alcuni casi di ritardo e aumento dei costi che hanno interessato le centrali di III generazione in Europa; tramite la sua esperienza, ci ha fornito un quadro chiaro della situazione dell'atomo in Francia, dove lavora; e, infine, da me provocato, si è lanciato in una sfida più complessa della fusione fredda: convincere uno scettico del ruolo che il nucleare può ancora giocare nella lotta al global warming. Prendete le vostre barre di controllo al cadmio che avete sul comodino e... buon ascolto!

2023 március 31., péntek 8-9 óra Most már cáfolják, hogy új utakat keresne a magyar kormány, továbbra is a Roszatommal szeretnék megépíttetni Paks2-t, legfeljebb részben nyugati segítséggel. De meddig csúszhat tovább a projekt a nélkül, hogy veszélybe kerülne az ország energiaellátása? És miől lesz energia az akkugyárak megnövekedett igényeinek kielégítésére? Szabó M. István, energetikai szakújságíró. Jön az 1000 forintos bankszámla, hogyan alakul át a bankszámlakínálat? Júliustól 1000 forintra csökken az alapszámlák havi díja. Ezeket a bankoknak kötelezően kínálniuk kell, de van pár kérdőjel még a körül, hogy meglevő ügyfelek hogyan válthatnak az olcsóbb opcióra.  Homa Péter, a Biztosdöntés.hu bankszámlaszakértője. Ép testben rovatunkban a lombkoronasétányok, amelyek működnek és szépek. Saját tapasztalatok Pannonhalmáról és Makóról, plusz ajánló a legjobbakról.

Nel sessantatreesimo e ultimo episodio di Atomi & Bit, Andrea Latino ospita Umberto Bottesini, Co-Founder & Managing Partner di BlackSheep MadTech Fund, il primo fondo di Venture Capital verticale specializzato in investimenti MadTech e rivolto a giovani aziende europee che grazie alle loro soluzioni sono in grado di personalizzare e targettizzate al meglio le campagne di marketing e advertising. Nella puntata conclusiva si parla di "easability" e "no-code", di piattaforme di gestione dell'identità del consumatore e software di Intelligenza Artificiale, di tutela della privacy e soluzioni SaaS di nuova generazione. Come di consueto, il nostro ospite regala i suoi consigli pratici ai nostri ascoltatori. In questo episodio, ci invita a focalizzarci sulle nostre priorità e affrontarle una per volta, dimostrare sempre “skin in the game” senza la paura di cambiare le regole del gioco, e puntare sulla verticalità. Buon ascolto!

Nel sessantaduesimo episodio di Atomi & Bit, Andrea Latino ospita Guido Broggi, ex Managing Director Italy di SaluberMD, oggi membro del consiglio di amministrazione, e manager con una ventennale esperienza a livello europeo nel campo della Digital Transformation. In questa puntata parliamo dell'evoluzione di servizi innovativi e tecnologie avanzate nel campo della medicina a distanza. Scopriamo quali sono gli strumenti che permettono di monitorare da remoto le condizioni dei pazienti, le caratteristiche del nuovo “medico digitale” e i futuri sviluppi della telemedicina in Italia. Come di consueto, il nostro ospite regala i suoi consigli pratici ai nostri ascoltatori. Guido suggerisce di documentarsi sfruttando gli Osservatori sulla Sanità Digitale e fare esperienza affiancando gli esperti del settore, circondarsi di bravi medici e rendersi conto della molteplicità di attori coinvolti nell'innovazione del sistema sanitario. Buon ascolto!

Nel sessantunesimo episodio di Atomi & Bit, Andrea Latino ospita Elena Lavezzi, Group Chief Strategy Officer di Kuda, società fintech con la missione di rendere i servizi finanziari più accessibili, convenienti e gratificanti per tutti gli africani del pianeta. In questa puntata parliamo delle sfide che si affrontano nelle piccole e giovani imprese, dei meccanismi con cui la tecnologia può trovare applicazione nel mondo finanziario, e della profonda trasformazione che sta attraversando il settore bancario africano. Come di consueto, il nostro ospite regala i suoi consigli pratici ai nostri ascoltatori. In questo episodio, ci suggerisce di effettuare un'attenta due diligence della realtà che si sta valutando e raccogliere informazioni da più fonti, approcciare qualunque esperienza con grande umiltà, e di circondarsi di persone talentuose. Buon ascolto!

Nel sessantesimo episodio di Atomi & Bit, Andrea Latino ospita Antonio Fiorito, Capo del team Offensive Security & Cyber Threat Intelligence Director di Innovery, una delle poche realtà italiane specializzate in infiltrazione aziendale. In questa puntata parliamo di come testare la sicurezza informatica e fisica di un'azienda attraverso vere e proprie attività di spionaggio e strumenti alla James Bond: un approccio ibrido basato sui dati che si avvale di scansioni automatiche e verifiche manuali. Discutiamo di hacking etico, di zero-day vulnerability e di valori propriamente umani. Come di consueto, il nostro ospite regala i suoi consigli pratici ai nostri ascoltatori. In questo episodio raccomanda l'importanza di ottenere certificazioni internazionali, suggerisce di dare libero sfogo alla curiosità e di partecipare alle convention italiane e straniere. Buon ascolto!

Nel cinquantanovesimo episodio di Atomi & Bit, Andrea Latino ospita Pietro Pellizzari, CEO del portale WikiCasa, realtà prop-tech giovane e in forte espansione. In questa puntata parliamo di come uscire dal limbo degli affittuari in cerca di una casa sfruttando informazioni affidabili, verificate e aggiornate online. Discutiamo di professionisti e non professionisti del mercato immobiliare, di elaborazione dati per gli stakeholder, e del capitale umano di un'azienda ambiziosa. Come di consueto, il nostro ospite regala i suoi consigli pratici ai nostri ascoltatori. In questo caso ci spiega l'importanza di fare esperienza prima di validare nuovi modelli, l'utilità di studiare quanto accade nei mercati stranieri, e la differenza che può fare un team ben affiatato. Buon ascolto!

Ancora una volta Marco Becattini ci conduce con la sua fantastica vena narrativa nei meandri delle strabilianti innovazioni nelle nanotecnologie che potrebbero rivoluzionare quelli che oggi chiamiamo microchip. Nella miniaturizzazione dei semiconduttori (che consente di espandere le capacità di calcolo secondo la legge di Moore) si stanno per raggiungere i limiti fisici e quindi bisognerà trovare un nuovo paradigma tecnologico. Si ipotizza di realizzare strabilianti "nanochip" di carbonio assemblando additivamente gli atomi. A quel punto per giocare alla Playstation non servirà più un joystick. Basterà il pensiero.

Nel cinquantottesimo episodio di Atomi & Bit, Andrea Latino ospita Annarita Egidi, General Manager di Takeda Italia, consociata dell'azienda biofarmaceutica giapponese Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. In questa puntata parliamo di come offrire “una salute migliore per le persone e un futuro più luminoso per il mondo”, di progetti innovativi nel campo farmaceutico, di sostenibilità, diversità e inclusione. Come di consueto, il nostro ospite regala i suoi consigli pratici ai nostri ascoltatori. In questo episodio, Annarita raccomanda passione per la scienza e per la ricerca ai giovani che si avvicinano al mondo delle biotecnologie. Ci vuole curiosità, coraggio, e larghezza di vedute. Buon ascolto!

Nel cinquantasettesimo episodio di Atomi & Bit, Andrea Latino ospita Igor Spinella, CEO & CTO di Einova, marchio retail di elettronica di consumo specializzato in soluzioni di ricarica ad alta efficienza energetica con uno sguardo particolare sul design dei dispositivi. In questa puntata si parla di come un garage possa diventare l'officina in cui coltivare le proprie ambizioni, delle differenze tra sistemi di alimentazione, e di standard di ricarica. Ma anche di valori guida, sostenibilità e logiche di mercato. Come di consueto, il nostro ospite regala i suoi consigli pratici ai nostri ascoltatori. In questo episodio, ci esorta a chiederci fino a dove siamo disposti a spingerci e a studiare a fondo le proprie idee, ricordando l'importanza di clienti, partner e colleghi. Buon ascolto!

Nel cinquantaseiesimo episodio di Atomi & Bit, Andrea Latino ospita Paolo Cuniberti, fondatore e CEO di Habacus, il primo certificatore della performance accademica degli studenti che cerca di capovolgere la diffidenza verso finanza e debito aiutando i giovani a comprendere l'importanza di investire in se stessi attraverso il prestito studentesco. In questa puntata si parla della percezione che i ragazzi hanno degli istituti bancari e dello strumento del prestito, dei fattori che influiscono sulla scelta del percorso di studi e di come in Italia manchi una diffusa educazione finanziaria. Come di consueto, il nostro ospite regala i suoi consigli pratici ai nostri ascoltatori. In questo episodio, ci invita a circondarci di persone più competenti e ad entrare in un'ottica di sostituibilità legata al riconoscimento del talento nei giovani. Buon ascolto!

Ogni domenica una riflessione semiseria in 1/2/3 minuti (più o meno). Oggi ci facciamo una domanda che ci si fa ogni tanto: ma chissà chi è stato il primo a... e parliamo di un primus che ha: Empedocle, che per primo ha teorizzato che le cose del mondo sono fatte di elementi più piccoli che si combinano tra loro secondo delle precise proporzioni. Non solo, anche...Episodio citato (il diavanoletto, ma chi se l'è inventato?)

Nel cinquantacinquesimo episodio di Atomi & Bit, Andrea Latino ospita Valeria Santoro, Country Manager per l'Italia di Stocard @Klarna, l'applicazione nata per virtualizzare le carte fedeltà. In questa puntata si affronta la necessità di rinnovare l'esperienza del consumatore all'interno dei negozi fisici, per scongiurare l'impressione che l'esperienza d'acquisto sia ormai prerogativa dell'online. Ma parliamo anche di digital trust e auspichiamo l'orizzonte di una società paperless sul modello svedese. Come di consueto, il nostro ospite regala tre consigli pratici ai nostri ascoltatori. In questo episodio, ci si focalizza sull'importanza di utilizzare i dati e operare un cambio di mindset per giungere a un approccio agile. Buon ascolto!

Luca Frediani ci parla dalla Norvegia, dove è professore di chimica teorica e computazionale; una chimica che non si fa al laboratorio ma al computer. Per capire qualcosa di questa disciplina, ci suggerisce di immaginare gli atomi come dei mattoncini di Lego e le molecole come le costruzioni ottenute combinando questi mattoncini. Tramite modelli informatici, Luca e i suoi ricercatori studiano come molecole e atomi si comportano e che proprietà hanno. Una conoscenza fondamentale in diversi ambiti di interesse pubblico: dalla biologia alla medicina fino alla costruzione di materiali con proprietà utili, come ad esempio i pannelli solari ad alto rendimento.

Nel cinquantaquattresimo episodio di Atomi & Bit, Andrea Latino ospita Federico Fea, CEO di TheF Charging, giovane società erogatrice di servizi innovativi per la ricarica di veicoli elettrici in location strategiche e di pregio. In questa puntata si parla di come creare un network capillare di infrastrutture di ricarica che liberi i gestori dal rischio connesso a investimenti e gestione degli impianti. Poi si racconta il modo in cui la tecnologia ha reso intelligente l'interazione tra veicoli e rete elettrica, l'influenza dei servizi di ricarica sul mercato automobilistico e di come l'energia prodotta da fonti rinnovabili potrebbe costituire un ponte che agevoli la comunicazione tra i paesi dal punto di vista economico e diplomatico. Come di consueto, il nostro ospite regala alcuni consigli pratici ai nostri ascoltatori. In particolare, l'ospite di oggi ci invita a non smettere mai di credere nelle possibilità di cambiamento. Buon ascolto!

Nel cinquantatreesimo episodio di Atomi&Bit, Andrea Latino ospita Angelo Fasola, CEO di TrustMeUp, unica piattaforma web internazionale che trasforma al 100% ogni acquisto in donazione e ricompensa ogni donazione con sconti per ulteriori acquisti digitali. In questa puntata si parla di come il mondo delle charities possa sposarsi con e-commerce e blockchain attraverso due modelli di raccolta fondi speculari e complementari. Si affrontano poi altri temi, come i cambiamenti apportati dal digitale nelle associazioni non profit, il sostegno finanziario fornito dai millennials dall'inizio della pandemia di Covid-19 e il valore della collaborazione. Come di consueto, il nostro ospite regala tre consigli pratici ai nostri ascoltatori. In questo episodio, ci invita a raccogliere le sfide proposte dai modelli presenti sul mercato ma, al contempo, ad essere curiosi e aperti all'innovazione. Buon ascolto!

Nel cinquantaduesimo episodio di Atomi&Bit, Andrea Latino ospita Alberto Petroni, Marketing Manager presso JVCKENWOOD Italia, che distribuisce JBL: società statunitense che realizza audio hardware per ogni tipo di esperienza acustica. In questo episodio si parla quindi di come il nostro rapporto col mondo dell'intrattenimento sia mutato, e di come probabilmente anche le nostre attività lavorative potrebbero migliorare con nuovi strumenti tecnologici. Le nuove tendenze del mercato non solo portano allo sviluppo di meticolosi processi ingegneristici, ma richiedono anche la creazione di una comunicazione altrettanto coerente. Come di consueto, il nostro ospite regala tre consigli pratici ai nostri ascoltatori: in questo episodio su quali siano le capability imprescindibili per chi decide di lavorare nel B2C consumer. Buon ascolto!

Nel cinquantunesimo episodio di Atomi & Bit, Andrea Latino ospita Matteo Ribaldi, Public Affairs and Business Development Manager LINK/Superpedestrian, realtà della micromobilità fondata nel 2013 a partire dal MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). In questa puntata le tematiche affrontate sono diverse: in primis il tema dell'Intelligenza Artificiale, come perno su cui si basa il mondo della micromobilità, la quale, d'altro canto, non è solo strettamente legata ai grandi centri urbani. Si discutono, infine, anche di temi dell'accessibilità e della formazione in relazione ai più giovani. Come di consueto, il nostro ospite regala tre consigli pratici ai nostri ascoltatori: in questo appuntamento su come continuare a offrire un servizio di qualità, potendo comunque contare su un aumento di profitto. Buon ascolto!

Nel cinquantesimo episodio di Atomi&Bit, Andrea Latino ospita Gerardo Di Francesco, VP e Founder di IIA, Italian Insurtech Association, l'associazione che riunisce circa 200 player della filiera del mercato assicurativo italiano con l'obiettivo di accelerare innovazione e trasformazione digitale. Ed è proprio questo il grande tema della puntata: non si tratta di un mero trasferimento da analogico a digitale, ma di ridisegnare un nuovo modello nel settore insurtech, che viene qui discusso a partire da diverse fonti, tra cui McKinsey. Nell'episodio si parla anche di educazione digitale, di sustainability in campo ambientale e di gender equality nell'industry in questione. Come di consueto, il nostro ospite regala tre consigli pratici ai nostri ascoltatori, in questo episodio su quali siano le considerazioni da tenere a mente quando si decide di fondare una realtà da zero. Buon ascolto!

Nel quarantanovesimo episodio di Atomi&Bit, Andrea Latino ospita Christina Fontana, Director, Strategic Partnerships Southern Europe, Alibaba Group, marketplace fondato nel 1999. In questa puntata si parla della strategia che permette al gruppo di tenere insieme i suoi tre attori chiave: fornitori, distribuzione e cliente finale, il tutto tramite l'utilizzo di tecnologie avanzate riconosciute a livello internazionale. Si affrontano anche altre tematiche, come ad esempio quelle del mondo phygital, dei suoi possibili sviluppi, di attitudine verso il cambiamento, ma anche di sostenibilità e di come questo tema venga ispirato nei partner e nei consumatori. Come di consueto, il nostro ospite regala tre consigli pratici ai nostri ascoltatori. In questo episodio, su come operare nel commercio online tenendo a mente i processi di internazionalizzazione. Buon ascolto!

Nel quarantottesimo episodio di Atomi & Bit, Andrea Latino ospita Serena Farina, Presidente di ECO Certificazioni, organismo accreditato per la valutazione della conformità che offre servizi di certificazione, ispezione e formazione in ambito qualità, sicurezza ed automotive. In questa puntata si parla quindi di normativa e della strategia di un'azienda che opera nel mondo delle certificazioni, a livello internazionale. Si discute anche di altri temi, come l'occupazione femminile, l'importanza della formazione per combattere le morti bianche e dell'interazione fra pubblico e privato. Come di consueto, il nostro ospite regala tre consigli pratici ai nostri ascoltatori, in questo episodio su come vedere la propria azienda crescere sul mercato internazionale. Buon ascolto!

Atomi is an ed-tech startup that wants to be the solution to the current teaching system. Thomas O'Donahoo & Rob Barakat are the co-founders of the interactive syllabus.  The platform is a helping hand for teachers by providing personalised support and real-time data of their students.  Mark and Thom discuss how to articulate your point of success, why you shouldn't fall in love with your ideas and how AI could change our education system.  Join the Facebook Group. Follow Mark Bouris on Instagram, LinkedIn & YouTube. Want to grow your business and stay ahead of the pack? Access Mark Bouris' Masterclasses.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ismét egy üzleti könyvről beszélgetünk, most azonban hívtunk egy beszélgetőpartnert, aki anno Tomi életét is megváltoztatta egy hasonló beszélgetés során. Ebben az epizódban James Clear Atomic habits (magyarul Atomi szokások) könyvét vesézzük ki, Csúsz Istvánnal. Hogyan épül be egy szokás a mindennapjaidba? Mi az a 4 szabály, aminek segítségével beépíthetsz egy új szokást? Vajon tényleg magadat kell megerőszakolni vagy inkább érdemes a környezetedet megváltoztatni? A könyv segítségével, hogyan lehet 50.000 fekvőtámaszt megcsinálni egy év alatt? Mi a fontos, maga a kitűzött cél vagy az ahhoz kapcsolódó mindset megteremtése? Ilyen kérdéseket boncolgatunk ebben az adásban. A könyvről még annyi infót mondanánk elöljáróban, hogy még Atti is kívülről fújta a tartalmát. Vendégünk volt: Csúsz István, BIM specialista, építész, a Brick+Data társalapítója ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ha szereted a Biznisz Boyz adásait, támogathatsz minket azzal, ha a Voiz hangoskönyv appon belül hallgatsz minket, mert itt a lejátszások után tiszteletdíjat kapunk. Ráadásul a BB kuponnal első hónapban 90%-os kedvezménnyel használhatod az appot, amiben számtalan hasznos üzleti és egyéb személyiségfejlesztő témájú könyvet hallgathatsz meg. Részletek: https://bizniszboyz.hu/voiz Kövesd a BB-t mindenhol: Zárt csoport: https://facebook.com/groups/bizniszboyzpodcast/ Insta: https://instagram.com/bizniszboyz/ Cikkek és kontakt: https://bizniszboyz.hu/ Indítsd podcast-et, segítünk benne: https://bizniszboyz.hu/indits-podcast-et-a-cegednek-a-markadnak-segitunk/ Itt hallgathatsz minket: Soundcloud: https://cutt.ly/xKFheqK Spotify: https://cutt.ly/hKFhpuk Apple Podcast: https://cutt.ly/FKFhd4n Google Podcast: https://cutt.ly/4KFhlYh Weboldal: https://cutt.ly/8KFhbI1 YouTube: https://cutt.ly/BKJ9dSx

Quello che sappiamo delle particelle elementari della materia è riassunto in un modello che le descrive e descrive le loro interazioni. Per non correre rischi con le parole, gli scienziati lo hanno chiamato standard, proprio Modello Standard, ma al contrario del nome, non è per nulla banale, anzi è pieno di roba veramente strana e affascinante.

A hatékonyság felé vezető úton haladva rengeteget olvasunk mi is, hogy szélesíteni tudjuk a látképet, amiből mi is építkezünk. Ebben az al-sorozatban ezekről a könyvekről fogunk majd beszélgetni egymással, veletek.Az első ilyen könyv: James Clear, Atomi szokások című alkotása volt. Csatlakozzatok zárt Facebook csoportunkba is: https://bit.ly/hatekony-leszek-fb-csoport------

Nel quarantasettesimo episodio di Atomi&Bit, Andrea Latino ospita Sebastiano Picone, Head of Commercial Partnership di Moneyfarm, Consulente Finanziario Indipendente che guida e gestisce il capitale con un investimento fatto su misura dei propri clienti. In questo episodio si parla allora del grande proiettile d'argento del settore finanziario, ovvero la digitalizzazione: con soluzioni verticali è infatti possibile abbassare i costi della distribuzione. Si analizzano nel dettaglio anche i portafogli ESG (Environment, Social e Governance), che cosa sono e la implementazione, ma anche di green e pink-washing. Come di consueto, il nostro ospite regala tre consigli pratici ai nostri ascoltatori, in questo episodio su come combinare il mondo Finance e quello Commercial. Buon ascolto!

Democrito viene di solito annoverato tra i presocratici, ma è in realtà già un pensatore sistematico. Il suo lascito maggiore, ad ogni modo, riguarda gli atomi, che lui fu il primo ad immaginare e teorizzare.