{"id":345,"date":"2021-11-24T09:55:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T08:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.melazzini.com\/en\/?page_id=345"},"modified":"2026-07-26T15:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T13:34:17","slug":"articles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.melazzini.com\/en\/articles\/","title":{"rendered":"ARTICLES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My latest article, on Substack:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group substack-hero\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scritti.melazzini.com\/p\/memento-mori-silicon-valley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.melazzini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/substack-207806491.jpg\" alt=\"Memento mori, Silicon Valley\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scritti.melazzini.com\/p\/memento-mori-silicon-valley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Memento mori, Silicon Valley<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Bryan Johnson, the billionaires chasing immortality, and the maturity to accept a limit<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On <a href=\"https:\/\/scritti.melazzini.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">scritti.melazzini.com<\/a> you will find all my writing: the new pieces as well as the archive of my articles from La Stampa, the Domenicale of Il Sole 24 Ore, L\u2019Espresso, the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung and other publications. Most articles are written in Italian; Substack translates them into English at the click of a button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group substack-recent\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My latest pieces<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scritti.melazzini.com\/p\/montanelli-non-soltanto-un-giornalista\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Montanelli, non soltanto un giornalista<\/a><br><em>Fucecchio, 22 April 1909 \u2013 Milan, 22 July 2001<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scritti.melazzini.com\/p\/fiorira-il-bitcoin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fiorir\u00e0 il Bitcoin<\/a><br><em>Declared dead nearly 500 times, now halved: why I still believe in mathematical money<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scritti.melazzini.com\/p\/arma-di-distrazione-di-massa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arma di distrazione di massa<\/a><br><em>TikTok, my daughter and the antibodies we still lack<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From the archive<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scritti.melazzini.com\/p\/le-donne-bambine-del-vecchio-fontane\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La Stampa | Le donne bambine del \u00abvecchio Fontane\u00bb<\/a> (2004)<br><em>Fontane and his child-women<\/em><br><a href=\"https:\/\/scritti.melazzini.com\/p\/thomas-mann-il-genio-in-posa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La Stampa | Thomas Mann. Il genio in posa<\/a> (2004)<br><em>The genius strikes a pose<\/em><br><a href=\"https:\/\/scritti.melazzini.com\/p\/quando-simenon-incontro-hitler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La Stampa | Quando Simenon incontr\u00f2 Hitler<\/a> (2005)<br><em>When Simenon met Hitler<\/em><br><a href=\"https:\/\/scritti.melazzini.com\/p\/joachim-fest-il-pessimismo-della\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Notiziario BPS | Joachim Fest. Il pessimismo della ragione<\/a> (2005)<br><em>An interview with Joachim Fest<\/em><br><a href=\"https:\/\/scritti.melazzini.com\/p\/i-confini-di-claudio-magris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nuova Antologia | I confini di Claudio Magris<\/a> (2007)<br><em>An essay on Claudio Magris<\/em><br><a href=\"https:\/\/scritti.melazzini.com\/p\/una-capri-alla-tedesca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Il Sole 24 Ore | Una capri alla tedesca<\/a> (2008)<br><em>Sylt, a German Capri<\/em><br><a href=\"https:\/\/scritti.melazzini.com\/p\/cosi-mi-guari-il-dottor-freud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Il Sole 24 Ore | Cos\u00ec mi guar\u00ec il dottor Freud<\/a> (2009)<br><em>How Doctor Freud cured me<\/em><br><a href=\"https:\/\/scritti.melazzini.com\/p\/auschwitz-in-posa-per-morire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Il Sole 24 Ore | Auschwitz in posa per morire<\/a> (2009)<br><em>Wilhelm Brasse, the photographer of Auschwitz<\/em><br><a href=\"https:\/\/scritti.melazzini.com\/p\/scuola-guida-di-panzer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Il Sole 24 Ore | Scuola guida (di panzer)<\/a> (2009)<br><em>Tank driving school in Brandenburg<\/em><br><a href=\"https:\/\/scritti.melazzini.com\/p\/mein-deutschland-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung | Einmal in den Odenwald<\/a> (2010)<br><em>A trip to the Odenwald (in German)<\/em><br><a href=\"https:\/\/scritti.melazzini.com\/p\/un-popolo-un-giornale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IL | Un popolo, un giornale<\/a> (2011)<br><em>An interview with Kai Diekmann, editor of Bild<\/em><br><a href=\"https:\/\/scritti.melazzini.com\/p\/was-ist-italienisch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ADESSO | Was ist Italienisch?<\/a> (2017)<br><em>What is Italian? An interview with Cardinal Ravasi<\/em><br><a href=\"https:\/\/scritti.melazzini.com\/p\/intervista-con-imre-kertesz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Notiziario BPS | Intervista con Imre Kert\u00e9sz<\/a> (2023)<br><em>An interview with Imre Kert\u00e9sz<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My latest article, on Substack: Memento mori, Silicon Valley Bryan Johnson, the billionaires chasing immortality, and the maturity to accept a limit On scritti.melazzini.com you will find all my writing: the new pieces as well as the archive of my articles from La Stampa, the Domenicale of Il Sole 24 Ore, L\u2019Espresso, the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung &#8230; <a title=\"ARTICLES\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.melazzini.com\/en\/articles\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about ARTICLES\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-345","page","type-page","status-publish"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ARTICLES - Alessandro Melazzini<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A selection of my published articles, featured in La Stampa, Il Sole 24 Ore and S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, among others. 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