EDITORIAL
We belong to an animal species capable of inventing ever-new tools and producing artificial devices that rival nature’s own wonders. The role we assign ourselves is that of the protagonist: we lay claim to every territory we cross, shaping the planet according to our desires. Over time, however, we have learned to pay closer attention to other forms of life and to inanimate resources. We have observed the less desirable consequences of our technological abilities, and we have begun to question our own creative talent. Many of us now wish to restrain the force of our impact on Earth – before it turns into overreach. We have understood how unwise it is to saw off the branch that supports our own shelter. We can rely on our greatest instrument – language – to give voice to this awareness and to coordinate an approach more attuned to the context in which we intervene. This is our burden: to see ourselves generating harm, often without intending to. And this is also our virtue: the ability to use language to make our vision of the future more welcoming to life and resources. Second Nature is the magazine that Maccaferri dedicates to the “new humans.” The new humans are today’s adults – those who hold the power to act directly on structures and infrastructures, and who are determined to exercise this responsibility with a renewed commitment to balance: between transformative ambition and the preservation of […]
