The popular articles from The Turntable of Civilization on March 24, 2024, feature multilingual essays examining democracy, energy policy, and the relationship between science and politics.
The Spanish-language article in first place is joined by articles in English, German, and French presenting the argument that defending democracy requires countries to change their energy policies.
Where does a country obtain its energy, and on whom does it depend?
These questions concern both the foundations of economic activity and everyday life, and the conditions that allow a nation to make decisions and act independently.
Another central theme is the relationship between doubts about scientific theories and their political importance.
Articles addressing this theme appear in English, German, Spanish, Italian, and French.
How are scientific scrutiny and political judgment connected?
This question calls for examining the substance of explanations offered to justify policies, rather than accepting them solely on the strength of authority or slogans.
The appearance of the same themes in several languages records an effort to bring questions raised in Japan to readers abroad.
The list also includes a page collecting popular articles from March 23, 2022, providing an entry point for revisiting earlier essays.
Energy choices that sustain democracy, and the responsibility involved in using science to guide policy.
These two issues provide a framework for exploring the popular articles on this list.

1. En defensa de la democracia, los países se ven obligados a realizar cambios
2. In defense of democracy, countries are forced to make significant changes in their energy policies.
3. I once said that the more dubious a scientific theory is, the more critical it is politically.
4. It was a popular page yesterday, 2022/3/23.
5. Zur Verteidigung der Demokratie sind die Länder gezwungen,
6. Ich habe einmal gesagt: Je zweifelhafter eine wissenschaftliche Theorie ist,
7. Pour défendre la démocratie, les pays sont contraints d’apporter des changements
8. Una vez dije que cuanto más dudosa es una teoría científica, más crítica es
9. Una volta ho detto che quanto più una teoria scientifica è dubbia, tanto
10. J’ai dit un jour que plus une théorie scientifique est douteuse, plus elle est politiquement