The illusion of happiness
We record, measure, summarize, analyze, and then start all over again. Like a worn-out record endlessly spinning on a gramophone, we continue gathering information. Civilization has never possessed so much information about itself as it does today. And yet one pressing question refuses to disappear: Does this immense volume
In this final reflection on the digital world, we look even further ahead, toward two possible paths opening before us around the year 2050. At first glance, they may appear almost identical, because both promise stability, peace, and a clear sense of order. Yet their true nature differs as profoundly
Let us return once again to the generation of today’s children and to the hope that at least some of them will, through their own experience, discover what truly matters for preserving a dignified civilization. At the same time, we should ask ourselves what role we, as parents, play
Building on my previous reflection, The Legacy of Our Generation, I would like to look a little further ahead. Let us glance together into the future, not because we know it, but because its seeds are already visible today. Questions about the kind of world our children will inherit are