Tempo di lettura: 7 minutiThere’s an exercise I like to do: occasionally I pause, and I put the events of my life back together, the good ones, the bad ones, the unforgettable ones because they were good, the unforgettable ones because they were bad. And I follow the thread that brought me to where I am now. I consider it a kind of healing, welcoming hug, through which I whisper to myself “go ahead, be confident: who knows how many more experiences will take […]

Tempo di lettura: 8 minuti“The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting” -Fran Lebowitz, Social Studies- I still wonder about it today: “When I grow up” imposes looking far ahead, feeling that we have a lot to do along the way, implies a road to travel, a world to discover; it is tomorrow, it is the future that is built through choices in the present, curiosity about what we might find along the way. As long as I ask myself […]

Tempo di lettura: 16 minuti“Activism is my rent for living on the planet” – Alice Walker – American writer and social activist The word of the day, of every day, the word that should be put in the various philosophical calendars circulating online, on school bulletin boards, at the newsagent’s, on public transport should be ACTIVISM. A simple word, which by becoming part of our lives with all its load of meaning, alone would be enough to change the world. From the very first […]

Tempo di lettura: 9 minutiThere is no worse ignorant than those who find safe haven in their ignorance. Ignorance is a fence, a protection, made of certainties impervious to questioning, to the process of learning and evolution: one stands still and looks at the world exclusively through the fence. No one enters, no one leaves. Social dynamics change with changing times, changing technologies, changing knowledge, and therefore each era has its own means of spreading ignorance, its own strategies, its own languages, and this […]