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The short animation masterpiece won the last Academy Awards. In just eight minutes, director Domee Shi manages to say something meaningful about the complex mother-son relationship through the metaphor of food The short films played before the awaited show can... More »
Philosophers could have solved the hidden mystery behind those people who constantly shake their arms and can’t help touching their speakers when they talk There are so many Sicilians all around the world, that maybe a day we will find out America was actually... More »
In an assimilated culture like ours, it seems as difficult as ever to be amazed by something. How can we awake that feeling again? Letting our curiosity lead us is the recipe to feel liberated and in harmony with the world From cities that all look alike, wher... More »
From Nietzsche’s residence in Messina, now a deli, by way of latomie (quarries) of Siracusa, which inspired Plato’s cave, to Freud’s Garden in Palermo: Sicily has always been a coveted destination for thinkers. It’s time to go on vacation. School is over, A-le... More »
How have surprises inside snack packs changed over the years? The thinkers of the Frankfurt School can tell us something about the meaning of such objects, as small as meaningful. The Miaogizi of the Kinder Eggs, the Archimede mill with solar-powered engine by... More »
