Los deportes de riesgo son aquellos que presentan un peligro real o aparente para la integridad física de quienes los practican, incluso un peligro vital. Pueden ser deportes realizados en condiciones difíciles o extremas o, simplemente, actividades de ocio cuyos riesgos no pueden ser controlados totalmente por una preparación técnica o física por extraordinaria que sea esta. Uno de los elementos que podrían definirlos, entre otros, es la búsqueda de inyecciones de adrenalina por parte del deportista. Losdeportes arriesgados son sinónimo de creatividad, pasión y experimentación, pero también, como se ha dicho, sinónimo de peligro para la salud o la integridad física, incluso para la vida. Entre las condiciones que los definen como una práctica deportiva extrema, hay dos elementos que suelen ser los más frecuentes: la velocidad y la altitud, pero no son los únicos. Sin duda, detrás de ellos existe un gen que nos hace buscar nuestros límites o una torpe necesidad de diferenciarnos, de autoafirmación.

Igual que al viajar cumplimos sueños que a veces sólo están en nuestra imaginación, los deportes de riesgo implican impulsos o atracciones difíciles de regular. Si nos decidimos por alguno, lo mejor es iniciarse en su práctica de la mano de profesionales, esto es, de personas capacitadas que nos aconsejen. Ellos pueden determinar si estamos aptos o no para su práctica o qué actividad se ajusta más a nuestras condiciones físicas y expectativas. Algunas de estas prácticas exigen control y entrenamiento desde pequeños y son casi exclusivas de gente muy joven, otras son propias de personas de edad media, con años de desarrollo técnico y experiencia o cada vez más comunes entre profesionales destacados o altos ejecutivos que buscan experiencias más exigentes, a la altura de su ritmo de vida.

(https://doctorvillanueva.com. Adaptado.)

Los deportes de riesgo son aquellos que presentan un peligro real o aparente para la integridad física de quienes los practican, incluso un peligro vital. Pueden ser deportes realizados en condiciones difíciles o extremas o, simplemente, actividades de ocio cuyos riesgos no pueden ser controlados totalmente por una preparación técnica o física por extraordinaria que sea esta. Uno de los elementos que podrían definirlos, entre otros, es la búsqueda de inyecciones de adrenalina por parte del deportista. Losdeportes arriesgados son sinónimo de creatividad, pasión y experimentación, pero también, como se ha dicho, sinónimo de peligro para la salud o la integridad física, incluso para la vida. Entre las condiciones que los definen como una práctica deportiva extrema, hay dos elementos que suelen ser los más frecuentes: la velocidad y la altitud, pero no son los únicos. Sin duda, detrás de ellos existe un gen que nos hace buscar nuestros límites o una torpe necesidad de diferenciarnos, de autoafirmación.

Igual que al viajar cumplimos sueños que a veces sólo están en nuestra imaginación, los deportes de riesgo implican impulsos o atracciones difíciles de regular. Si nos decidimos por alguno, lo mejor es iniciarse en su práctica de la mano de profesionales, esto es, de personas capacitadas que nos aconsejen. Ellos pueden determinar si estamos aptos o no para su práctica o qué actividad se ajusta más a nuestras condiciones físicas y expectativas. Algunas de estas prácticas exigen control y entrenamiento desde pequeños y son casi exclusivas de gente muy joven, otras son propias de personas de edad media, con años de desarrollo técnico y experiencia o cada vez más comunes entre profesionales destacados o altos ejecutivos que buscan experiencias más exigentes, a la altura de su ritmo de vida.

(https://doctorvillanueva.com. Adaptado.)

The 2020s have brought a degree of chaos not seen in decades. A pandemic was followed by a full-scale war in Europe; both sent food and fuel prices surging. Extreme weather events have shown that climate change is beginning to bite. The phrase “unprecedented times” soon sounded too common.

This all affected the global standards of living. One measure of this, the United Nations’ Human Development Index (HDI), fell in 2020 for the first time since its launch. It fell again in 2021. The HDI is one of the most widely used measures of countries’ development, after the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). It is not complete, though. It does not account for economic inequality, for example, or disparities between ethnicities and genders.

The latest figures show that the global HDI is rising again, but progress has been slow and uneven. It seems the long-term trend appears to have suffered a permanent setback since the pandemic. This setback will deeply affect the world’s poorest.

Yet there are reasons for hope. The chaos of the 2020s has also shown that governments can collaborate on some big issues. During the pandemic, vaccines were developed, produced and distributed at remarkable speed, saving an estimated 20 million lives in their first year alone. At the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in 2023 the world proved that it could agree on a deal to tackle climate change (even if fulfilling it is another matter). More of that will be needed to overcome the setbacks from the start of the decade.

(www.economist.com, 13.03.2024. Adaptado.)

The 2020s have brought a degree of chaos not seen in decades. A pandemic was followed by a full-scale war in Europe; both sent food and fuel prices surging. Extreme weather events have shown that climate change is beginning to bite. The phrase “unprecedented times” soon sounded too common.

This all affected the global standards of living. One measure of this, the United Nations’ Human Development Index (HDI), fell in 2020 for the first time since its launch. It fell again in 2021. The HDI is one of the most widely used measures of countries’ development, after the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). It is not complete, though. It does not account for economic inequality, for example, or disparities between ethnicities and genders.

The latest figures show that the global HDI is rising again, but progress has been slow and uneven. It seems the long-term trend appears to have suffered a permanent setback since the pandemic. This setback will deeply affect the world’s poorest.

Yet there are reasons for hope. The chaos of the 2020s has also shown that governments can collaborate on some big issues. During the pandemic, vaccines were developed, produced and distributed at remarkable speed, saving an estimated 20 million lives in their first year alone. At the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in 2023 the world proved that it could agree on a deal to tackle climate change (even if fulfilling it is another matter). More of that will be needed to overcome the setbacks from the start of the decade.

(www.economist.com, 13.03.2024. Adaptado.)

The 2020s have brought a degree of chaos not seen in decades. A pandemic was followed by a full-scale war in Europe; both sent food and fuel prices surging. Extreme weather events have shown that climate change is beginning to bite. The phrase “unprecedented times” soon sounded too common.

This all affected the global standards of living. One measure of this, the United Nations’ Human Development Index (HDI), fell in 2020 for the first time since its launch. It fell again in 2021. The HDI is one of the most widely used measures of countries’ development, after the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). It is not complete, though. It does not account for economic inequality, for example, or disparities between ethnicities and genders.

The latest figures show that the global HDI is rising again, but progress has been slow and uneven. It seems the long-term trend appears to have suffered a permanent setback since the pandemic. This setback will deeply affect the world’s poorest.

Yet there are reasons for hope. The chaos of the 2020s has also shown that governments can collaborate on some big issues. During the pandemic, vaccines were developed, produced and distributed at remarkable speed, saving an estimated 20 million lives in their first year alone. At the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in 2023 the world proved that it could agree on a deal to tackle climate change (even if fulfilling it is another matter). More of that will be needed to overcome the setbacks from the start of the decade.

(www.economist.com, 13.03.2024. Adaptado.)

The 2020s have brought a degree of chaos not seen in decades. A pandemic was followed by a full-scale war in Europe^a; both sent food and fuel prices surging. Extreme weather events have shown that climate change is beginning to bite. The phrase “unprecedented times” soon sounded too common.

This all affected the global standards of living. One measure of this, the United Nations’ Human Development Index (HDI), fell in 2020 for the first time since its launch. It fell again in 2021^b. The HDI is one of the most widely used measures of countries’ development^c, after the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). It is not complete, though. It does not account for economic inequality, for example, or disparities between ethnicities and genders.

The latest figures show that the global HDI is rising again, but progress has been slow and uneven. It seems the long-term trend appears to have suffered a permanent setback since the pandemic. This setback will deeply affect the world’s poorest^d.

Yet there are reasons for hope^e. The chaos of the 2020s has also shown that governments can collaborate on some big issues. During the pandemic, vaccines were developed, produced and distributed at remarkable speed, saving an estimated 20 million lives in their first year alone. At the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in 2023 the world proved that it could agree on a deal to tackle climate change (even if fulfilling it is another matter). More of that will be needed to overcome the setbacks from the start of the decade.

(www.economist.com, 13.03.2024. Adaptado.)

The 2020s have brought a degree of chaos not seen in decades. A pandemic was followed by a full-scale war in Europe; both sent food and fuel prices surging. Extreme weather events have shown that climate change is beginning to bite. The phrase “unprecedented times” soon sounded too common.

This all affected the global standards of living. One measure of this, the United Nations’ Human Development Index (HDI), fell in 2020 for the first time since its launch. It fell again in 2021. The HDI is one of the most widely used measures of countries’ development, after the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). It is not complete, though. It does not account for economic inequality, for example, or disparities between ethnicities and genders.

The latest figures show that the global HDI is rising again, but progress has been slow and uneven. It seems the long-term trend appears to have suffered a permanent setback since the pandemic. This setback will deeply affect the world’s poorest.

Yet there are reasons for hope. The chaos of the 2020s has also shown that governments can collaborate on some big issues. During the pandemic, vaccines were developed, produced and distributed at remarkable speed, saving an estimated 20 million lives in their first year alone. At the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in 2023 the world proved that it could agree on a deal to tackle climate change (even if fulfilling it is another matter). More of that will be needed to overcome the setbacks from the start of the decade.

(www.economist.com, 13.03.2024. Adaptado.)

The 2020s have brought a degree of chaos not seen in decades. A pandemic was followed by a full-scale war in Europe; both sent food and fuel prices surging. Extreme weather events have shown that climate change is beginning to bite. The phrase “unprecedented times” soon sounded too common.

This all affected the global standards of living. One measure of this, the United Nations’ Human Development Index (HDI), fell in 2020 for the first time since its launch. It fell again in 2021. The HDI is one of the most widely used measures of countries’ development, after the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). It is not complete, though. It does not account for economic inequality, for example, or disparities between ethnicities and genders.

The latest figures show that the global HDI is rising again, but progress has been slow and uneven. It seems the long-term trend appears to have suffered a permanent setback since the pandemic. This setback will deeply affect the world’s poorest.

Yet there are reasons for hope. The chaos of the 2020s has also shown that governments can collaborate on some big issues. During the pandemic, vaccines were developed, produced and distributed at remarkable speed, saving an estimated 20 million lives in their first year alone. At the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in 2023 the world proved that it could agree on a deal to tackle climate change (even if fulfilling it is another matter). More of that will be needed to overcome the setbacks from the start of the decade.

(www.economist.com, 13.03.2024. Adaptado.)

Houve um diálogo difícil. Aparentemente não quer dizer muito, mas diz demais.

— Mamãe, tire esse cabelo da testa.
— É um pouco da franja ainda.
— Mas você fica feia assim.
— Tenho o direito de ser feia.
— Não tem!
— Tenho!
— Eu disse que não tem!

E assim foi que se formou o clima de briga. O motivo não era fútil, era sério: uma pessoa, meu filho no caso, estava- me cortando a liberdade. E eu não suportei, nem vindo de filho. Senti vontade de cortar uma franja bem espessa, bem cobrindo a testa toda. Tive vontade de ir para meu quarto, de trancar a porta a chave, e de ser eu mesma, por mais feia que fosse. Não, não “por mais feia que fosse”: eu queria ser feia, isso representava o meu direito total à liberdade. Ao mesmo tempo eu sabia que meu filho tinha os direitos dele: o de não ter uma mãe feia, por exemplo. Era o choque de duas pessoas reivindicando — o que, afinal? Só Deus sabe, e fiquemos por aqui mesmo.

(Clarice Lispector. A descoberta do mundo, 1999.)

Houve um diálogo difícil. Aparentemente não quer dizer muito, mas diz demais.

— Mamãe, tire esse cabelo da testa.
— É um pouco da franja ainda.
— Mas você fica feia assim.
— Tenho o direito de ser feia.
— Não tem!
— Tenho!
— Eu disse que não tem!

E assim foi que se formou o clima de briga. O motivo não era fútil, era sério: uma pessoa, meu filho no caso, estava- me cortando a liberdade. E eu não suportei, nem vindo de filho. Senti vontade de cortar uma franja bem espessa, bem cobrindo a testa toda. Tive vontade de ir para meu quarto, de trancar a porta a chave, e de ser eu mesma, por mais feia que fosse. Não, não “por mais feia que fosse”: eu queria ser feia, isso representava o meu direito total à liberdade. Ao mesmo tempo eu sabia que meu filho tinha os direitos dele: o de não ter uma mãe feia, por exemplo. Era o choque de duas pessoas reivindicando — o que, afinal? Só Deus sabe, e fiquemos por aqui mesmo.

(Clarice Lispector. A descoberta do mundo, 1999.)