Hi, my name is Vincenzo.

I spend the greatest part of my life exploring existential questions that fall at the intersection of philosophy, anthropology and psychology.

One of my central ideas is the belief that everything a man does is driven by the desire to become their self-projection and attain a feeling of importance.

I’ve never been interested in telling people how to be happy, because I’ve always found it a futile exercise and one that only fed the self-improvement frenzy that was born in the US in the 21th century.

Instead, I’ve always been intrigued to define what happiness is, to dissect it to its most elemental components. In doing so, I use both a philosophical and anthropological lens to explore the human condition, and ponder questions relating to death, individuation and the general drive of humans to seek contentment.

I'm a graduate of La Sapienza, Bocconi and UC Berkeley, a Fulbright and Ermenegildo Zegna Founders' Scholar.

Let's keep in touch on X @vincentelifani