NOT ALL DAYS ARE THE SAME.
I realized it on a cool summer night 9 years ago in San Francisco, when I woke up confusedly in the hospital. Brain concussion and a broken knee. And those words of the doctor: “We suspect a spinal injury.” A few hours earlier I was happily riding home on my 883 and now I was told I was in danger of paralysis. It matters little that the fault was not mine and that a car had run over me without seeing me. The new reality was that maybe I couldn’t walk anymore.

Original article published in Econopoly (Il Sole 24 Ore) in Italian on October 23, 2020

Historians will mark October 2, 2020 as a watershed date. It is the day when the European Central Bank (ECB) formally expressed its interest in a digital Euro, in this report by Christine Lagarde and Fabio Panetta.

This is the first article in English in my blog. There’s no better way to inaugurate it than with my thoughts on Bitcoin, especially after the recent “halving”, and compare its 11-year history with the Dollar and Euro. It’s rude to use offensive words as in the title, I know; but I couldn’t really find better terms to summarize the warning scream that Bitcoin is sending to the monetary policy gurus around the world.

In the meantime, here are the articles in Italian regarding:

“Teachers and WeSchool. Italian stories at the frontline of education, in the time of Coronavirus – part 2″: https://vincenzo.me/professori-e-weschool-storie-ditalia-al-fronte-dellistruzione-ai-tempi-del-coronavirus-parte-2/

“Teachers and WeSchool. Italian stories at the frontline of education, in the time of Coronavirus – part 1“: https://vincenzo.me/professori-e-weschool-storie-ditalia-al-fronte-dellistruzione-ai-tempi-del-coronavirus-parte-1/

“Impetus and Tempest”: invite to the Italian Government for a post-INPS resurgence“: https://vincenzo.me/impeto-e-tempesta-it-invito-al-governo-per-un-risorgimento-post-inps/

“Standing on the shoulders of the giants“: https://vincenzo.me/ergersi-sulle-spalle-dei-giganti/

“Syndrome of Palio di Siena and Innovation“: https://vincenzo.me/sindrome-del-palio-di-siena-e-innovazione/

“20 points for technology Innovation in Italy”: https://vincenzo.me/20-punti-per-linnovazione-tecnologica-in-italia/