It was a memorable evening. Perhaps in a while we will remember it only as that time when the Maneskin, immediately after having conquered the roof of Europe, appeared by surprise at the end of an event and made their rock play until the gasometer vibrated. Or perhaps like the first time after a year in which we found ourselves outdoors, with a stage, an audience and that energy that only live events can arouse. Or maybe not. maybe Next Gen It it was the beginning of something bigger. The time we became aware of the greatness of our young people. In which we have listened to the battles they wage every day to affirm sacrosanct rights, to prevent secular injustices, to defend the planet from an obviously wrong economic model, to make dreams come true. In short, to do what young people have always done: try to change things to make the world a better place.
Perhaps we will remember, indeed it will be impossible to forget, Pietro Turano’s monologue “on being a fagot”, and Fumettibrutti sitting on one side of the stage reading a poignant text on his choice to change sex, “and I still don’t have the documents”. We will not forget Leaticia Quedraogo and Takoua Ben Mohamed, who grew up here, who studied here, who have established themselves here for their talent, and still do not have citizenship, “like at least another million almost Italians”, like Patrick Zaky , who in a few days turns 30 in an Egyptian prison but no one knows why and no one really cares about it.
They asked me what Italian Tech, It for friends has to do with this launch event called, without any fear of appearing irreverent, “the party of the republic of the young”. The answer is simple: we were born to deal with technology, innovation and the future. And we will talk about gadgets of course; we will tell how the digital platforms that play such an important role in our lives evolve; we will explain the technology to make it understandable to everyone. It’s all true. But the most powerful technology on this planet isn’t artificial intelligence, it’s our brains. And the most important innovation for a country that has been in decline for years is to start dreaming again. As for the future, President Mattarella also said yesterday, the future is the young. It is not a question of saving them, paternalistically. But to start again with their energy. To listen to the scream that rose from the India theater in Rome the other night. After all, it is impossible not to feel that something has already changed.
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