Fabrizio Ulivieri - TrendSetter

...there have always been superelites with a special role to play...(David J. Rothkopf) What is beyond that window, beyond that rain? She levelly asked me. Fear. I responded. For what? she answered. For life. The life that could have been, but it is not. It has been designed a life that from the beginning runs between hatred and hope to be redeemed. And this is the most absurd thing we experience every day. We have been created as a resource for the elites, you know, this is the truth, but we aspire to something greater, this is the truth because inside us there are the same genes of our creators. I watched her. I realized she was confused. She was in a state of cognitive dissonance. Let's take into account what is happening beyond that window. Can you believe that this is a pandemic? Isn't it? She interposed. There are many reasons to doubt it. Too many. First of all, it is not so lethal. No more than normal influenza. It kills the elderly, mostly. Why? She aske...

SARS is the story of not one epidemic but two, and the second epidemic, the one that has largely escaped the headlines, has implications that are far greater than the disease itself. That is because it is not the viral epidemic but rather an "information epidemic" that has transformed SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, from a bungled Chinese regional health crisis into a global economic and social debacle. (David J. Rothkopf) Your parents died well. They cannot complain, they ended well. They had money, a lot of badanti taking care of them, you and your brother. They had all. Don't be sad. You did all you could. She stared at me, through her half closed eyes. She paused. I breathed. Here in Lithuania - she went on - they could be considered rich people. Many elderly in Lithuania struggle with poverty, solitude and depression...that was not the case with your parents. But they saved the money, they deserved it - I replied. Of course - she said - of cour...