Can Our Civilization Rise-Up to Win the Cosmos Award?

<p>My Italian postdoc associates, Fabio Pacucci and Giacomo Fragione, told me that the culture of Italy does not get any more southern than Reggio Calabria. Indeed, my connecting flight from Rome to Reggio Calabria passed over the southern borderline of Italy with the Sun-glazed Mediterranean Sea. The view was familiar as I was born on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, but life in Italy appears to be more relaxed, elegant and tasty than my childhood memories.</p> <p>As I walked to the hotel after dinner, I noticed old couples dancing near the beach to the tunes of music. &ldquo;Isn&rsquo;t it romantic?&rdquo;, I asked my wife over FaceTime while showing her the view on my cell phone. We had our honeymoon &mdash; pronounced locally as &ldquo;Luna di Miele&rdquo;, in Southern Italy two dozen years ago, but who is counting when the partnership is good.</p> <p><a href="https://avi-loeb.medium.com/can-our-civilization-rise-up-to-win-the-cosmos-bf2c7c30cd0a"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>
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