What is real, what is dream, what is nightmare?
Nihilism and individualism — the culmination of a duo
The New Credo/Credo of Today’s life: I am so preoccupied with myself that I can no longer even concern myself with the things I value. Is that what is left all the way down from the Aristotelian ζῷον πολιτικόν?
The free citizen with liberating technology!?
It is surely undisputed that, in today’s global village, we need more information than we did in the villages of the good old days, where the neighbours knew everything about everybody before he or she did. In other words, we ourselves need the data. And that, in turn, means we must learn how to make…
Heliocentric or Copernican ?
Heliocentric or Copernican worldview—is that really the question? Isn’t the underlying question always one of power: a question of action on the one hand, and of ability on the other? In a conversation with my assistant about a poet and Chinese painting, I was instructed by precisely that helpful spirit: Therefore, I would like to…
Macdonna
Once upon a time, the Madonna saved the city from the plague, and a church was built in her honour. Then the Americans saved the country from the Germans, and McDonald’s made its way into Venice. (Donna Leon:Die Dunkle Stunde der Serenissima; Diogenes: 328)
Value of Money
While money remains a tool, making exchange possible and easier, it is also gaining independence, the ultimate transformation is the fetishisation: money is valued for the sake of itself, without having a genuine own, inherent money. A great many coins would have to be melted down to forge a frying pan from the metal; a…
living today
derweil es immer offensichtlicher ist, dass wir ueberall und immer wieder und von recht vielen menschen auf den arm genommen werden, ist es schoen, einmal in den arm genommen zu werden … auch wenn es sich dann herausstellt, dass man doch wieder nur auf den arm genommen wurde.
Culture Tour — Order Must Be
Order is half of life — so say the lyrics in one of the songs on Peter Maffay’s album Tabaluga. So is the other half disorder? Or are disorder and order one and the same? At first glance, this is certainly a rather strange thought; but when you look at the traffic here, you can…
Culture Tour — Lost in Time and Space
The village, my village, det smukke by Møgeltønder: about 1,000 inhabitants, and somehow amazing how quiet it is: walking along the main street, you rarely meet anyone, although somehow everyone seems to know everyone else, direct contact is limited to the five neighbouring houses. The train station — I have to go to Suzhou in…
Culture tour — To The Provinces In Europe
Province — using this term is often perceived as an affront. But perhaps that will change and people will look longingly back to the real world, where life was simply more comfortable? Consumo ergo sum — I consume, therefore I am. It is probably a global trend, even though consumption still varies greatly in terms…
Culture tour – Greetings from afar.
A break, leaving the office for a short walk across the campus, around the small pond in front of my office building, my thoughts lost in life between worlds – a privilege not to be here on holiday. Music is coming from one of the nearby buildings, I look through the door: dance performances. A…
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