Andrea Zanon’s
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The Analog Is Coming Back in a Big Way — And Why Italy Saw It Coming First Let me tell you something Italy put in my bones long before I could understand it. The most powerful thing you can give to another person is your full attention. Not your calendar. Not your...
The Italian Advantage: Why Human Connection Trumps Data in a Distracted World
Every business event I've attended in the past two years follows the same tired script. Someone puts up a slide about AI. Someone else start talking about data pipelines. Everybody claps. Nobody says what they are really thinking: we've built powerful machines and...
When Billions Became Trillions
Ten years ago, technology corporations spoke a common language: unicorns and billion-dollar valuations. Reaching a billion-dollar valuation was an impressive milestone. Entrepreneurs and VC alike talked about 10X growth and when you joined the Unicorn club, you were...
The End of the Internet (As a Human Space)
Since its launch, the Internet has been a place where people talked to people. Platforms like Reddit captured that early promise particularly well. Long before creator economies and algorithmic feeds dominated attention, Reddit worked because people shared unfiltered...
Three Pizzerias Worth Traveling For (and How to Order Without Looking Lost)
I’m not interested in declaring “the best pizza in the world.” Italy doesn’t really think that way. What I care about are places where the pizza is consistently good, the experience feels normal, and you don’t have to explain yourself. Here are three pizzerias I...
Starve the Problem: The Power Move Ambitious People Forget
As the saying goes, “The best way to end something is to starve it,” a line shared by creators like Llewelyn Adams and Nutan Poonia. Most people do the opposite. They over react, argue, defend themselves, and pour more energy into the very thing that is draining them....
Why AI Still Needs Human Intelligence
Ask ChatGPT, Gemini or another chatbot a question and you'll get an answer that sounds convincing, balanced, and complete. Ask it the same question three or four times and you might get different answers, each one delivered immediately with strong conviction. This is...
Italy’s Giant Takes Flight: Building the World’s Largest Plane
In the age of miniaturization and microchips, Italy has decided to go big, very big. The country’s aerospace industry is helping build what will soon become the largest aircraft ever constructed, a machine so vast it could carry entire wind turbine blades inside its...
Why Human Connection Is Becoming the Most Valuable Currency in the AI Era
AI is going to be big as it gets. It is already huge. Let’s start there. It’s not a question of if, it’s already transforming how we write, design, invest, code, sell, and even flirt. It’s not the enemy; it’s oxygen for the next economy. As Palantir CEO Alex Karp...
From Earth to Orbit: Jeff Bezos Envisions Data Centers in Space
As AI’s energy demands skyrocket, data centers face growing environmental backlash on Earth. Jeff Bezos and leading innovators propose a radical alternative — orbital data centers powered by constant solar energy. Can space-based computing become the sustainable...









