Fresh ideas for a brighter future

Hooked as we are on negativism, which often leads to nihilism, we harbor a grim outlook about Greece. We increasingly feel that there is no hope, that the country will never be able to get back on its feet, and that all the disagreements between politicians and economists over the exact rate of economic growth are a meaningless theoretical exercise. The game is already lost.

And just when you thought that the country was done for, that there's nothing out there to pin your hopes on, you are suddenly confronted with a group of young people who sound out their thoughts and put forward fresh, pioneering ideas that leave you stunned. You start wondering whether you have been too negative; whether you have been dragged down by the predominant negative mood. Maybe the game has not been lost, after all.

Within this gray environment, you see the emergence of young people,...