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Alejandro Gaviria in conversation with Daniel Rivera Marín

The disdain of the gods

Jericó 2025, 
Alejandro Gaviria (Colombia), civil engineer and economist, was dean of the Faculty of Economics at Los Andes and deputy director of the Departamento Nacional de Planeación. A distinguished researcher and author of novels and essays, his latest book, El desdén de los dioses, reflects on genetic modification, artificial intelligence, ideological extremes and climate change. He speaks with Daniel Rivera Marín.
Alejandro Gaviria in conversation with Daniel Rivera Marín