Sebastian Haffner, born in Berlin in 1907, was a war journalist, publicist, historian and writer. During the Second World War he began writing for the “Observer” in British exile. In the 1950s he returned to Germany. His writings on Adolf…
Douglas Rushkoff – Survival of the Richest Douglas Rushkoff wrote his book “Survival of the Richest” back in 2022. The book has just been published in German, and we are taking the opportunity to revisit our article on it from…
He experienced hell. But in the midst of it all, he also began to ask himself why some people do not give up even under the most terrible circumstances, while others collapse. Viktor Frankl wrote: “Who among those who experienced…
When we watch the podcast of our American friends John Gardner and Harry Segal, called “Shrinking Trump” we are shocked about the overwhelming amount of info about the authoritarian politics in their country, but also impressed about the support, John and Harry offer…
Wikipedia: A resource (French la ressource, German ‘means, source’ from Latin resurgere ‘to spring forth’) is a means, a fact, as well as a characteristic or property for pursuing goals, meeting requirements, carrying out specific actions or allowing a process…
“The man who planted trees” (L’homme qui plantait des arbres) is a parable for our time – and it is a story that I have been thinking about more often recently. Jean Giono wrote this short story in 1953: The…
What do we mean when we talk about “metacrisis”? The metacrisis is a multiple overlapping and interconnected global crisis. Terry Patten described it like that: The metacrisis is a single phenomenon.We may be thinking of it as an ecological crisis. We…
In our time of multiple crisis and disruptions and right-wing authoritarian developments, we naturally experience strong emotional responses to them. We feel anxious, insecure, helpless, scared, angry, agitated or depressed. Our naturally occurring, mostly subconscious defense mechanisms against these strong…
Terry Patten was a philosopher, activist, scientific and spiritual author, including “A New Republic of the Heart: An Ethos for Revolutionaries”. We recommend his lecture Confronting The Meta-Crisis: Criteria for Turning The Titanic , in which he describes the meta-crisis…
… and the “Lyrical Medicine Cabinet” In 1936, Erich Kästner published a volume of poetry that he humorously called “The Lyrical Medicine Cabinet”. In it, he writes: “It feels good when someone else expresses your own sorrow. It is also pleasant…
