xii Acknowledgements
The book was published in February 2022 by the Italian publisher
Laterza, thanks to the help of the editor Lia di Trapani. The volume
immediately garnered some attention from the press and my academ-
ic colleagues. It has been presented and discussed at the universities of
Arezzo, Siena, Cagliari, Udine, Lugano, Padua, Naples, Neuchˆatel, Bari,
Bologna, Turin, and several more are scheduled. For all of these kind
invitations, I would like to thank Luca Barra, Gianenrico Bernasconi,
Tiziano Bonini, Massimo Cerulo, Fausto Colombo, Marco Cucco, Juan
Carlos De Martin, Sabino di Chio, Stefano Bory, Simone Dotto, Anna
Maria Lorusso, Pietro Montorfani, Gianfranco Pecchinenda, Massimi-
liano Panarari, Francesca Pasquali, Stefano Pisu, Massimo Rospocher,
Vito Saracino, Massimo Scaglioni, and Cosimo Marco Scarcelli, among
many others.
The third life ofThe Digital Revolution, which is now in print, began
in the Summer of 2022, when I decided to submit a book proposal to
Oxford University Press. The editor Dan Taber immediately liked the
idea, as did four anonymous reviewers. The latter also provided inter-
esting insights, new scientific literature, and new case studies which
helped me reshape the book for an international audience. Following
my revision, Bonnie McClellan-Broussard started to work on trans-
lating the text, and she turned out to be much more than a simple
translator. The book is very readable, at least to the untrained eye of a
non-native speaker like myself, mainly because of her. The translation
was sponsored by the Lugano-based Fondazione Hilda e Felice Vitali and
the book would not have been possible without the foundation’s gener-
ous support. The manuscript submission was then managed by Giulia
LippariniandfinallyRajeswari Azayecochewhoguided methroughthe
production phase.
ThelastpersonIwouldliketo thankisFrancescoBalbi,whowasborn
on December 2, 2020. Basically, he grew up together with the book and
so it reminds me of the smell of milk, but also of his smiles and his first
words, and even his first days of school. Franci, this book is dedicated to
you.