I do not envy you
Fame, wealth and millions of followers are many people’s dream. I wonder what remains of the freedom to live an ordinary day.
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Thoughts, letters, articles, and quotes to revisit without hurry.
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The spreadsheet-cell syndrome
A figure does not match the spreadsheet, prompting an urgent call to someone dealing with an actual malfunction. Which problem comes first?
The School Caretaker's Son
A childhood memory raises a question for parents: does helping a child mean finding a job for them, or giving them the tools to choose among many paths?
Marketing: The Same School
From TV sales pitches to call centres and short-term rentals: recognising how an offer becomes urgent and reclaiming the freedom to choose.
Words Change, but Naming Dignity Is Not Enough
Respectful words matter, but without protections, accessibility and concrete actions, dignity risks becoming just a formula.
The Duty of the Media
From football to gossip, a reflection on the cultural value of media: not just chasing ratings, but opening new horizons for curiosity.
Life After Work
Keeping work separate from the children's lives can leave a family free. Retirement makes room to write without deadlines, while remembering Stefania.
Letter to the legislator: responsibility without control
Receipts to keep, intermediaries to supervise, and information the State already holds: a letter asking that duties follow the real power to act.
Sentences in the mirror: the art of antimetabole
From Seneca to Kennedy: how the A–B / B–A reversal works, why it stays with us, and why the sources of memorable lines matter.
The distance between those who fight and those who decide
A saying attributed to Pablo Neruda asks us to consider the distance between those who decide on war and those who bear its human cost.