Category: Culture
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7. Quando la vera malattia è non vedere la malattia
“Prima di guarire qualcuno, chiedigli se è disposto a rinunciare alle cose che lo hanno fatto ammalare.”— attribuita a Ippocrate Quando qualcosa nel nostro corpo non va, di solito facciamo una cosa semplice: cerchiamo di far passare il fastidio.Un mal di testa? Un analgesico.Un’insonnia? Qualcosa per dormire.Un bruciore allo stomaco? Un farmaco che lo spenga. Non…
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5. Una repubblica fondata sulla vita
“What do you want to be when you grow up? A scientist? An astronaut? A football player?” It’s a question almost all of us were asked as children. It belongs to those childhood rituals that seem harmless, yet already carry a deep cultural imprint. From an early age, we watch adults spend most of their days away from home, absorbed in...
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4. Il tempo rotto
Once upon a time, there was a time that returned. It returned with the seasons, with the winds, with the seeds. It returned as questions return, as dreams do, as wrinkles do. It did not ask to be spared, nor invested. It gave itself, it opened, it played along. Then came the man of the machine, and he put wheels on time. It was sliced into even pieces. Each slice a task...
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3. Il giglio e il capitale
About two thousand years ago, in a corner of the world, something happened. Whether born of literary invention, the maturation of a small group of people, or the unique experience of one individual, a story began to circulate. At its center was a certain figure—a “son of humanity”—who called into question some of the very pillars...
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1. C’era una volta…
What if we raised a child to believe the world was like a fairytale: populated by dragons, with clouds made of cotton candy and trees ready to hand out ice cream in exchange for water and honey? A child raised in such a way would build a vivid expectation of what awaited them—especially if they also lived...