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S T O R I E S

E D I T I N G

co-editorsArturo Di Corinto, Federico Guerrini, e Martino Galliolo( founder).

In this issue: Cover story by Adolfo Arranz, and stories by J.M Ledgard,

Piotr Czerski, Rocky McCorkle, Pat Kinsella.

Contributions: Chiara Zaratine Sergio Caruso,

illustration on top by Elisa Ferro

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I N D E X

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M I L L E N N I A L S

M A N I F E S T O

We, The Web Kids

by Piotr Czerski

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T H E U M B R E L L A

R E V O L U T I O N

Hong Kong Occupy Central

by Adolfo Arranz

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T H E F U T U R E

A day in the future

Graphic novel

by Pat Kinsella


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B U I L T C A R G O

D R O N E S

A N D G E T R I C H

Worlds frst commercial cargo drone

route in Africa by 2016

by J.M Ledgard

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S U N N Y D A Y

You and Me on a Sunny Day

A silent flm

by Rocky McCorkle

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F U T U R A 4 2

Dont Panic!

Samantha Cristoforettis

Guide to the Galaxy

I N D E X


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diPioter Czeski

MILLENNIALS

MANIFESTO


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W

e grew up with the Internet and on the

Internet. This is what makes us different;

this is what makes the crucial, although

surprising from your point of view,difference: we do not surf and the internet to us is not a place

or virtual space. The Internet to us is not something external to

reality but a part of it: an invisible yet constantly present layer

intertwined with the physical environment. We do not use the

Internet, we live on the Internet and along it.

If we were to tell our novel of formation to you, the analog,

we could say there was a natural Internet aspect to every single

experience that has shaped us. We made friends and enemiesonline, we prepared cribs for tests online, we planned parties and

studying sessions online, we fell in love and broke up online. The

Web to us is not a technology which we had to learn and which

we managed to get a grip of.

The Web is a process, happening continuously and

continuously transforming before our eyes; with us and through

us. Technologies appear and then dissolve in the peripheries,

websites are built, they bloom and then pass away, but the Webcontinues, because we are the Web; we, communicating with one

another in a way that comes naturally to us, more intense and

more efcient than ever before in the history of mankind.

Brought up on the Web we think differently. The ability to nd

information is to us something as basic, as the ability to nd a

railway station or a post ofce in an unknown city is to you. When

we want to know something - the rst symptoms of chickenpox,

the reasons behind the sinking of Estonia, or whether the waterbill is not suspiciously high - we take measures with the certainty

byPiotr Czerski

(translated by Marta Szreder)

on mobileonline

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of a driver in a SatNav-equipped car.

We know that we are going to nd the information we need

in a lot of places, we know how to get to those places, we know

how to assess their credibility. We have learned to accept thatinstead of one answer we nd many different ones, and out of

these we can abstract the most likely version, disregarding the

ones which do not seem credible. We select, we lter, we

remember, and we are ready to swap the learned information for

a new, better one, when it comes along. To us, the Web is a sort of

shared external memory. We do not have to remember

unnecessary details: dates, sums, formulas, clauses, street names,

detailed denitions. It is enough for us to have an abstract, theessence that is needed to process the information and relate it to

others. Should we need the details, we can look them up within

seconds. Similarly, we do not have to be experts in everything,

because we know where to nd people who specialise in what we

ourselves do not know, and whom we can trust. People who will

share their expertise with us not for prot, but because of our

shared belief that information exists in motion, that it wants to be

free, that we all benet from the exchange of information. Everyday: studying, working, solving everyday issues, pursuing

interests. We know how to compete and we like to do it, but our

competition, our desire to be different, is built on knowledge, on

the ability to interpret and process information, and not on

monopolising it.

PARTECIPATING IN CULTURAL LIFE is not something out of

ordinary to us: global culture is the fundamental building block of

our identity, more important for dening ourselves thantraditions, historical narratives, social status, ancestry, or even


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the language that we use. From the ocean of cultural events we

pick the ones that suit us the most; we interact with them, we

review them, we save our reviews on websites created for that

purpose, which also give us suggestions of other albums, lms orgames that we might like. Some lms, series or videos we watch

together with colleagues or with friends from around the world;

our appreciation of some is only shared by a small group of

people that perhaps we will never meet face to face. This is why

we feel that culture is becoming simultaneously global and

individual. This is why we need free access to it. This does not

mean that we demand that all products of culture be available to

us without charge, although when we create something, weusually just give it back for circulation. We understand that,

despite the increasing accessibility of technologies which make

the quality of movie or sound les so far reserved for

professionals available to everyone, creativity requires effort and

investment.

We are prepared to pay, but the giant commission that

distributors ask for seems to us to be obviously overestimated.

Why should we pay for the distribution of information that can beeasily and perfectly copied without any loss of the original

quality? If we are only getting the information alone, we want the

price to be proportional to it. We are willing to pay more, but

then we expect to receive some added value: an interesting

packaging, a gadget, a higher quality, the option of watching here

and now, without waiting for the le to download. We are capable

of showing appreciation and we do want to reward the artist

(since money stopped being paper notes and became a string ofnumbers on the screen, paying has become a somewhat symbolic


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TRANSLATIONS

P I O T R C Z E R S K I

Writer and poet, photographer andanthropologist, from Poland, born

in 1981.

(not to mention that the necessity to have a permanent address i

itself absurd enough.) There is not a trace in us of that humble

acceptance displayed by our parents, who were convinced that

administrative issues were of utmost importance and who

considered interaction with the state as something to be

celebrated. We do not feel that respect, rooted in the distance

between the lonely citizen and the majestic heights where the

ruling class reside, barely visible through the clouds. Our view of

the social structure is different from yours: society is a network,

not a hierarchy. We are used to being able to start a dialogue with

anyone, be it a professor or a pop star, and we do not need any

special qualications related to social status. The success of the

interaction depends solely on whether the content of our

message will be regarded as important and worthy of reply. And

if, thanks to cooperation, continuous dispute, defending our

arguments against critique, we have a feeling that our opinions o

many matters are simply better, why would we not expect a

serious dialogue with the government? We do not feel a religious

respect for institutions of democracy in their current form, we

do not believe in their axiomatic role, as do those who see

institutions of democracy as a monument for and by themselves

We do not need monuments. We need a system that will live up t

our expectations, a system that is transparent and procient. And

we have learned that change is possible: that every uncomfortabl

system can be replaced and is replaced by a new one, one that is

more efcient, better suited to our needs, giving more

opportunities.What we value the most is freedom: freedom of speech,

freedom of access to information and to culture. We feel that it is

thanks to freedom that the Web is what it is, and that it is our

duty to protect that freedom. We owe that to next generations,

just as much as we owe to protect the environment. Perhaps we

have not yet given it a name, perhaps we are not yet fully aware o

it, but I guess what we want is real, genuine democracy.

Democracy that, perhaps, is more than is dreamt of in yourjournalism.
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Built CargoDrones

And get rich


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by

J.M. Ledgard

My goal is to help set up the worlds rst

commercial cargo drone route in Africa

by 2016. It will be about 80 kilometres

long and will connect several towns and

villages. The rst cargo drones will carry small payloads of blood

to keep alive children who would otherwise perish. But they will

evolve into larger and heavier craft until they can lift 20 kilos ormore over distances of several hundred kilometres. The purpose

of the rst route will be to save lives, show the value of cargo

drones in Africa and to raise money to build other routes. To

me, this rst route is a spectral version of the Liverpool and Man-

chester railway. I am a novelist, but I am also director of a future

Africainitiativeat the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and

for the last decade I travelled Africa as a foreign correspondent

for The Economist newspaper.

on mobile

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1T H E F U T U R E W I L L B E R A D I C A L

The rst point to make is that, even if we de-

ride change, even if we stand still, shieldingour eyes, covering our ears, the future will

be radical. I spent my time as a foreign correspondent reporting

on politics, economics and war, but I came to see that the most

important stories in Africa were not news stories at all. On the

one hand, rapid human population growth and extermination of

other species. On the other, introduction of advanced technol-

ogies capable of reordering time and space.The mobile phone

is one such technology. It has contributed more to anti-povertyefforts than any single development intervention. () So when I

think of what cargo drones can be and should be, I think of the

Nokia 1100 mobile phone. Over 50 million Nokia 1100s were sold

in Africa. Smart, rugged and cheap the handset was known as the

Kalashnikov of communication, but where the machine gun tore

at the fabric of society the handset created new possibilities.I

keep a picture of the Nokia 1100 pinned up by my desk as proof

of the paradox which undergirds cargo drones the paradox ofadvanced technologies which I believe will come to dene the

early 21st century: a community will have access to a ying robot

even though it will not have access to clean water, or security, or

be able to keep its girls in school. What is technically scaleable

will be scaled, what is not scaleable will have to be fought for,

household by household. Another way of saying this is, what will

improve lives in Africa most easily will be a technology interven-

tion that is massively scaleable.

the worlds First commercialcargo drone route in Africa

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A CARGO DRONE IS A DONKEY

For many people, drone is an ugly word. It

evokes a whining sound, something insectile.

The dislike of the drones themselves is under-standable. It is a new technology, used mainly for killing or peep-

ing. However, this early negative feeling will begin to shift with

positive use cases for drones. Before 2020, drones will take over

search functions at sea. Never again will a coastguard helicopter

go blindly into the night in search of a sinking ship. Instead, it will

be guided by a drone sent ahead of them to locate those in peril.

Drones will monitor the wellbeing of crops and animals. They will

be used in mapping, counting, policing, and sports. And they willalso lift things. I spent a moonlit evening last year around a camp-

re in a Samburu manyatta in northern Kenya. We were trying

to explain to a Samburu elder the concept of a robot programmed

to y up into the air and deliver a load of whatever you want-

ed. The Samburu was straining to understand the term robot. A

mechanical creature, I said, not a beast, not a camel. It was slow

going. Then at last he leaned back and laughed. I see! You want

to put my donkey in the sky! He had many donkeys. The Sambu-ru like to load them with water and rewood. They walk steadily

down dried up river beds, over mountains, through brush. My

colleague, Simon, and I knew instantly he was right: we really did

want to put his donkey in the sky.You want to put my donkey in

the sky!The qualities of a donkey are similar to what is required

for a cargo drone: surefooted, dependable, intelligent, able to deal

with dust and heat, cheap, uncomplaining. (...) A donkey is not a

Pegasus, associated only with speed. It does not bomb, does notmonitor. It ies stuff steadily between here and there that is all.

I see! You want to put mydonkey in the sky!.


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3W H A T I S T H E S K Y A N Y W A Y ?

As a species we have hardly begun to think

what is above our heads. (...) There are whole

continents up in the air for the right kind of

drones to traverse. The sky above Sudan is stacked with virtual

Sudans. How might a donkey route look? The easiest way to pic-

ture it is to take the Eiffel Tower and draw a line from the top of

the tower. Donkeys will y roughly at that Eiffel height, in what I

call the lower sky. The routes will be geofenced: donkeys will onlybe able to y in an air corridor about 200 metres wide and 150

metres high. Busier routes will resemble a high-speed ski gondo-

la, without cables or supporting structures.Every small town will

have its own clean energy donkey station like the one below. The

trafc to and from it will mostly be on foot and bikes. The stations

will serve as the petrol station of the near future. They will incor-

porate postal and courier services.2024Repair shops will mix 3D

printing and other advanced technology with low tech. (...)The stations will provide business opportunities for African start-

ups and for architects. In contrast to the concrete petrol stations

built around Africa in the colonial period, donkey stations could

nudge communities away from settlements strung out alongside

roads to something safer and quieter. Since donkeys will eventu-

ally operate on batteries, the renewable energy arrays needed for

clean recharging will also power surrounding homes and busi-

nesses.

The stations will providebusiness opportunities

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4T H E T I M E I S N O W

The next decade will be among the most decisive

in Africas recorded history. Fertility rates in the

largest African countries are not falling as fast as

had been predicted. At the present rate Africas population will be

2.7 billion by 2050, against 228 million in 1950. To have a chance

of prosperity, African economies need to quickly turn growth intomanufacturing jobs. The problem is that they are growing, but not

transforming. Growth rates are much too low. (...)

In key economies like Nigeria, Kenya and Senegal manufactur-

ing is dominated by small, informal rms. The poorest countries

seem to be de-industrialising. New factories, such as in Ethiopia,

will not offset the dumping of cheap nished goods from Asia on

African markets. (...) The cities new Africans will inhabit have yet

to be built. On the contrary, Africa is rich. It harbours treasuresof food, water and minerals. It has more genetic diversity of our

own and other species than anywhere else on the planet. It is

the mother continent. (...) 2060 is the year for the Project Icarus

group plan to launch the rst interstellar spacecraft probably

from a launchpad in Africa. If we recalibrate donkeys according to

the ambitions of Icarus, they look to be modest and self-explan-

atory. Conventional development narratives, written as a litany,

but lacking much sense of urgency, will be outanked by eventsand innovations.


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U A F U T U R E W I T H O U T R O A D S

A further reason for going to the lower sky

is the certainty that there isnt going to be

enough cash for Africa to build out its roads.Africas road network is sparse , reecting both the newness of

place and the utter failure of colonial and post-colonial rule,

which was conceived for export of the treasure to richer markets,

hardly taking into account the desire of a community to trade

over the next hill. The only conceivable strong future for Africa is

a sharing economy, where goods are used multiple times, in mul-

tiple ways. In order to share, you need to move around people,

exabytes of data, and cargo. Africa does a terrible job at all three.Digital connectivity will be solved because it is affordable

and in the interests of big technology companies. Moving around

people and physical stuff will require massive upgrading of roads.

(...) The continent has 2% of the worlds motor vehicles, but ac-

counts for 16% of world road deaths. A study showed that 74% of

hospital admissions for trafc injuries in Uganda in 2011 were of

children under the age of 13, most of them hit by passing motor

vehicles.

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TH E K IL L E R AP P IS RE P E TIT ION

I have identied 80 kilometre routes in Tan-

zania, Uganda, and Rwanda. Other prospec-

tive countries for early routes are Angola,

Zambia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia and South Africa.Routes can betacked together to extend range. By way of example, it is possible


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in Rwanda to set up a donkey route from the town of Gitarama

over the Nyungwe forest to Lake Kivu and down to the Congo-

lese city of Bukavu. A country as compact and hilly as Rwanda

can quickly draw routes across its lower sky and intersect themto most improve health and economic outcomes. (...) My future

Africa initiativeat EPFL will get the rst route up and running.

An associated fund based in Africa and Switzerland will push for

world-class research on the robotics, engineering, logistics, and

law related to donkeys. It will also push for the establishment of

an international agency for the lower sky, which will set global

norms for the use of donkeys and other civilian drones.I antici-

pate three phases to the technology.In Phase 1, starting in 2016, drones will serve hospitals

and humanitarian emergencies life air not prime air, starting

with the better distribution of blood from blood banks to clinics.

Other early adopters will use donkeys to deliver small payloads to

government ofces, mines, oil and gas installations, ranches and

conservancies. In Phase 2, industrial sweetspots to cities such as

the spare parts industry in southeast Nigeria will be connected

to cities by donkey routes just as the Liverpool and Manches-ter railway connected the rst city of the industrial age with the

Atlantic. These routes will serve the new solutions demanded by

a sharing economy, such as where customers opt for rental and

servicing of machinery rather than outright purchase. Companies

of building and mining equipment will stock their large invento-

ry of spare parts using donkeys carrying 10 kilo payloads. Phase 1

and 2 would be enough to make the donkeys a useful contributor.

But the real reason for the technology is Phase 3, where donkeyswill better connect businesses with customers right across Africa.
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FUTURA 42

The answer to the fundamental question of Life, the Universe and

Everything is 42, as revealed by the super computer Deep Thought

after thinking about it for seven and a half million years. As fans of the

humorous science-ction novel by Douglas Adams The Hitchhikers Guide

to the Galaxy will know, it is not clear what the question is.But this is

of little importance: when I heard I was a member of Expedition 42 on theInternational Space Station, besides being overjoyed for the assignment I

found it I was complacent about this funny coincidence.

These two worlds meet on Outpost 42.Our aim is to inform our public,

with rigor, certainly, but always with humor and an amused look on

things. It is much simpler than it looks. In the words of the Guide to the

Galaxy: Do not Panic!

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hoNg kongSeptember 28, 2014

September 28, 2014, 3pm.It was a few hours before

tear gas was fired on the

crowds, unleashing what

would be known around the

world as

the Umbrella Movement

Hong KongOccupy Central

by

adolfo Arranz

I was in the lobby of Admiralty Centre and captured

this gathering of protesters who would soon

decide whether or not to take over the highway

separating them from the Central Government

Complex at Tamar, across the street.
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That afternoon, notonly the crowds but

also members of the

police force seemedcalm and poised,

despite what wouldhappen mere hours

later.


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When I drew this

sketch, I was

standing in the

middle of the

crowds that had

just poured

onto the highway.

People helped

each other across

the concrete

barriers. It wasmaybe 5pm. Within

the hour, the first

canisters of tear

gas were fired. I

left just before

this happened,

sensing that the

police were going

to act soon


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In the late

hours of

September 28,

the occupationmovement

spread to other

districts of

Hong Kong. On

the next morning

in the commercial

neighbourhood

of CausewayBay, where

protesters had

just started a

sit-in on its main

thoroughfare.

september28, 2014


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Students gathered in CausewayBay, the morning after tear gas

was fired on protesters,hong kong, SEPTEMBER 29, 2014


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October 2, 2014.During the firstweek of the

Umbrella Movement,citizens took turnson megaphones tovoice their views.

standing from the footbridge between Admiralty Centreand Tamar, looking west towards Central.

It was the fifth evening, a Thursday, when crowds

congregated to await Chief Executive CY Leungs response

to a call from students to resign.

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BarricaDeS!The barricades in Mong Kok on Nathan Road,

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at the barricades at Tamarwhere an old man startedloudly berating the police

with anti-Beijing insults.

The policemanjust turned

the other way toavoid what the seniorprotester had to sayto them that day

a bizarre scene...


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In the beginning,

students at theAdmiralty site did

their homework anyway they could find...


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Students at the study

area


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Students at the study area in Admiralty, October 19, 2014


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take a nap...


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The Eastern barricade at the Admiralty site, October 19, 2014


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n the days BEFORE

footage was released showing

a protester allegedly being

beaten by police offIcers. ->

on the signs mean upright,

a term that the police chief repeated to describe the police force
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charging station

Admiralty MTR, October 11, 2014

Staying powered up is serious business forprotesters. Serial numbers are marked in aregister and users of the service are giventickets they use to reclaim their mobile

devices.


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supply stationA supply station at the interesection of

Tamar Street and Harcourt Road, Admiralty,

October 10, 2014.

What was normally the side of a busy

highway is now completely devoid of

motorised traffic for a few hundred

metres around


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October 18, 2014

On the highway now closed to traffic outside Tamar, passerbys are writing

messages in chalk,


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Origami

A young man is teaching people how to foldorigami umbrellas outside the Central

October 11, 2014


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FREE!

Illustrator

Tiffanycheetah

draws

portraits forfree

while young

activists paint

signs at the

entrance to

the MTR inAdmiralty,

October 18, 2014,
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Tents between the Legislative Council Complex and Citic Tower at

the barricade on Lung Wui Road

October 25, 2014


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you AND meOn A

sunny day

- silent film -by rocky mcCorkle
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Pat Kinsella illustratore di New York City
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