In the past week we saw the war in Ukraine really beginning to be felt in Italy. We found this story of a young Ukrainian ballerina who escaped to Rome so that she could keep dancing.... |
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Surely, when a giant nuclear bunker was decommissioned in a small town in the Veneto 12 years ago, no one could have imagined that it might ever be needed again. Sadly, war has changed all that... |
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I also found some time to think about how the world order that we had begun to take for granted has been completely upended in the past 2 years. This began with a pandemic, and continues now with a hot war in Europe. If there is a silver lining to these cataclysmic events, perhaps it is best exemplified by the swift and extraordinary re-ordering of business and politics in a Europe the likes of which Henry Kissinger wouldn't have thought possible back in the 70s... |
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Europe finally gets a phone number....By Fernando Napolitano, President & CEO of NEWEST Until 20 days ago the world's confabulation was about what the post pandemic world would look like and how governments could counter global warming. While technologies have expanded connectivity, horizons, and productivity, the Covid pandemic brought the illusionary idea of a one-click utopian world of the avatar, ever easier and app-driven, to a brutal and sudden end. |
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On a lighter note (literally!) - here is an interview Pimm Fox did with Pierre-André de Chalendar, Chairman of St. Gobain at the Oculus in NYC. The glassmaker describes his vision for the rebirth of cities, the importance of acoustics in glass manufacturing, and why 'modularity' will transform the way we live in the 21st century... |
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See you next week! Fernando Napolitano,
Founder and CEO Newest Media |
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