Reflections
We Keep Building in Our Own Image
The machines that do the work rarely look like us. The ones we dream about almost always do. The difference is the price of a mirror.
Thomas Laurent
Publisher
Publisher and director of Vocemundi. Sets the editorial line, answers for what we publish and co-signs the Opinion & Outlook pieces with Vera.
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