"Each time that we - as a nation, a group, a continent or a religion - look inward in celebration of our specific identity we do nothing but lionize our own lim

"Each time that we - as a nation, a group, a continent or a religion - look inward in celebration of our specific identity we do nothing but lionize our own limits and sing of our stupidity" Good things tend to happen at the interface. Monocultures (large numbers of brains synchronized in identical thought patterns) stifle these orthogonal, non-conforming dimensions that help expand our perceptive abilities. At the same time identity that looks outwards and engages with others in confidence is like a wellspring that doesn't stop giving. I like to think that Carlo Rovelli carries the torch of such open and inquisitive Italian minds, from Antiquity through Renaissance and Enlightenment.