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      The Pronouns

      I am shield and spear and You are the birthplace of things. He, she… gossip. It is a polygon. Smooth surface, sharp angles. We are improb...

      Nonnulla. Notes for a talk in Pompei

      “I can tell you, then, that I’m afraid of death. Not of what we imagine about death, for this fear is itself imaginary. Not of my death w...

      A sermon for the parents of young machines

      It might be the case, perhaps someday soon, that machines will be able to do completely without human intervention. It might even be the ...

      A giocare con un bambino di quattro anni

      Ho un figlio di quattro anni, come i miei genitori prima di me e milioni di altri in questo momento. Non ho il potere di dire cosa sia gi...

      What, how, that the world is – on reason, imagination and faith

      We need rationality to understand what the world is. We need imagination to understand how it works. And to be able to accept it, we need...

      Rosa, the world of Baroque and Galante Italian music

      “Tiepolo: the last breath of happiness in Europe.” (1). With this lapidary statement, Roberto Calasso introduces the 18th century Venetia...

      Animation - notes for a talk

      Dear Animate Assembly, thank you so much for having me here today, and thank you for asking me to speak about animation. As you know, I a...
      Destiny, talent and fortune

      Destiny, talent and fortune

      At times it stretches like a deep canal, placid, open to navigation. At times, the flow of things grows to such speed and weight that I c...

      La solitudine e la paura – ex captivitate salus

      La solitudine mi e’ familiare e estranea. La conosco da sempre, dal principio di quanto ho mai conosciuto. E la seguo e la evito come una...

      Angelology: a possible introduction to an imaginary book

      The premises of this book are very simple: if we wish to exit the cage of our present reality and imagination, we need to be able to spea...
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