When he was younger Álvaro del Olmo (Madrid, 1982) used to write a magazine about supposed, entirely invented mysteries of the universe. A pianist and amateur chess player, he likes flicking through books on science and languages of which he understands absolutely nothing. He studied engineering and years later started studying philosophy. Thanks to 15M he now considers hope, as Ernst Bloch said, as a guiding principle of thought. Since then he believes there is no excuse for us to feel alone.