“Initially I was a little bit angry,” Mr. Schmidt, a German art historian, said recently over a glass of wine. Florentines began approaching Mr. Schmidt on the street to express their support. Finally someone takes these problems seriously,’” Mr. Schmidt said. The clashing reactions to the loudspeaker experiment point to a fundamental challenge facing Mr. Schmidt. “It’s like playing multiple chess games at the same time,” Mr. Schmidt said.

Source: New York Times August 17, 2016 03:56 UTC