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Were in a very unpredictable and unprecedented unraveling.
Im in the center of Milan.
Its sort of slo-mo here, like everywhere in the world.
Then the thing spreads more.
When people left Italy the morning after, it was like, Oh, strange.
I am in my living room, and I have these big windows.
Im lucky because I have a large room and a large house.
I see the light coming through the windows, and I see the blossoming leaves and flowers.
Usually in spring, you start to go out, you start to experience nature and social life.
The city is very empty.
I see it from my window.
And everyone else in the world soon will follow suit.
I see pictures from cities around the world that are looking the same as Italy.
Its a little bit likeOmega Manor the end of the great movie by John CarpenterIn the Mouth of Madness.
I only go out once a day to buy newspapers.
I went to the restaurant maybe the 3rd or 5th of March.
That was the last time I had dinner in a restaurant.
I am reading a beautiful book by this wonderful professor of international politics called Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou.
Its calledA Theory of ISIS: Political Violence and the Transformation of the Global Order.
Its a very great book.
I am watching films.
I like him so much, and it was wonderful to see yet another transformation from him.
Im planning on watching all the movies of the great Taiwanese director Edward Yang.
This is a pandemic, and it will hit hard sooner or later everywhere else.
The worst that can happen is denial, misjudgment, or complacency.
We must understand that this is something that regards everywhere and everyone.
I think we are all at risk, every one of us.
Maybe this will make them wake up.
This is an invisible enemy.
I would be more afraid if I was older, to be honest.
Im afraid for the people I love.
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