You can’t help but be astounded at the explosion of art, culture, and science that was the Renaissance. It’s palpable here in Florence. You can feel it in the air. Even the copies of statues in the niches of church facades are beautiful. Beyond that, the art makes you ponder. It makes you think.

If you walked up to someone on the street and asked them about right now, our current time, would they say it was a Renaissance? Are we pushing the boundaries of expression, forging connections across industries and continents and time? I’ll let you answer that one.

Sometimes reflecting back on history can broaden our perspective of the present. When we place today in the context of everything, we can sometimes see it more for what it really is. How can we make things better?