I ask Penny why she is so passionate about antiquity. Her answer comes without a second's hesitation. Because I'm fed up with the stupid society we are in. We've lost our feeling of time. If I convey my passion to people and make them think, then I have given them something worthwhile.
Antiquity makes people think of many different alternatives, other ideas.
Globalization wants us all to think alike. Apostolos Doxiadis is a Renaissance man. Trained as a mathematician, educated in the U.S. and France, founder of one of Greece's largest computer companies, he is also a creator of films, plays and puppet shows, as well as a best-selling novelist. A modern, cosmopolitan businessman with classical tastes and multiple passions, he seems just the man to explain how Greece can embrace the future and remain faithful to its roots. Doxiadis meets me at his Athens headquarters on a Sunday morning, dressed casually in an open-necked green shirt and khakis.