In recent months, high-profile instances of censorship have raised freedom of speech issues. The freedom to express our creative ideas is a foundational human freedom.

In today’s episode, Curt relays his discussion with Paolo Ciccone, featured in Curt’s book, “Five Pillars of the Freedom Lifestyle”

Having grown up in Trieste, Italy — just miles from what used to be the border with Communist Yugoslavia during the Tito regime — Ciccone has an appreciation for freedom.

“For me, freedom means the ability to create,” he told me. “We have a big brain here (pointing to his forehead). The frontal lobe here is all about imagining things.”

He continued, “We often hear people say, ‘I’m a very visual person.’ Well, we are all visual people. It is vital for us to create. You can write, you can paint, photograph, be involved in music, or use your creativity to build a new business.”

As history has shown, he said, this freedom to create is one of the first things quashed when totalitarian regimes grab power.

Listen to today’s episode to learn more.