Interesting, but honestly not fond of the style of writing of the author. I will add another common source of problems in Italy: every single city or village h

Interesting, but honestly not fond of the style of writing of the author. I will add another common source of problems in Italy: every single city or village has its saint, and if it is that saint day on the calendar that city or village shuts down. But here lies an issue: if you are employed in a different city then you reside (e.g. you work for a company in Milan but you live in Rome), you get the worst combination. You don't work on Sant'Ambrogio's day (Milan's saint patron), but you get to work in your city's holiday, so when everyone is enjoying and having fun you're working. And yes, this has technological implications of the sort that author describes.