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Matteo Messina Money, portrait of the invisible boss (and his incredible pizzini)

23 April 2018 by admin

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Matteo Messina Money, portrait of the invisible boss (and his incredible pizzini)
The playboy has an exuberant reputation. He is passionate about art and archeology as well as cars and luxury clothing. An excerpt from the book “The Invisible” by Giacomo Di Girolamo, which talks about the communication of the Cosa Nostra boss of bosses in hiding, Matteo Messina Money, and how and why old paper still trumps pixels (LAWS)

Linkiesta | Longread is a collaboration between Linkiesta and Il Saggiatore, historic Milanese publishing house, of which every Sunday we will publish an extract from a book, not necessarily an editorial novelty, which is linked to the current events of the seven days that have just passed.

Actuality | events

“Whoever controls the internet controls the money (and therefore the world)”, on Jarod Lanier (in collaboration with the Assayer)

16 April 2018 by admin

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Whoever controls the internet controls the money (and therefore the world)

Money was created to exchange and record owned wealth. But from a certain historical moment onwards it became a bet on the future, which has a lot to do with our faith in progress. Jaron Lanier, in his book “Dignity in the age of the internet” (The Assayer, 2014) explains how to orient yourself in the era of the digital and financial economy. With an eye on Mark Zuckerberg and the other titans of the web. And their crazy idea of becoming big global banks (LAWS)

Actuality | Non-fiction

We truly are the country of the ignorant

3 April 2018 by admin

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We truly are the country of the ignorant?

The rankings, merciless, they paint us as one of the most ignorant countries in Europe. And we ourselves have become accustomed to defining ourselves as such. But Italy is truly the country of the ignorant. Antonio Sgobba's essay "?. The paradox of ignorance from Socrates to Google” tries to shed some light (or to complicate our ideas) (LAWS)
Linkiesta | Longread is a collaboration between Linkiesta and Il Saggiatore, historic Milanese publishing house, of which every Sunday we will publish an extract from a book, not necessarily an editorial novelty, which in some way is linked to the current events of the seven days that have just passed.