Politics
A better way to attract and build an audience is to create a world people want to inhabit .
André Chaperon • Tiny Worlds: A Manifesto for Sovereign Creators—Attract, Build & Curate an Audience of True Fans
Maybe all the talking about the bad influence of smartphones and social media having a bad influence on young people is heavily exaggerated - and just an excuse to not bother much about making their living and learning conditions better, and caring more about the future world they gonna have to live in
We’re all scared, aren’t we? Scared of the unknown, of how we’re perceived, of the climate crisis, of raising children, of being judged for not wanting children, of putting ourselves out there, of failure, of death, of being totally honest, of trying new things, I could go on. I wonder what would happen if we were all allowed to just name how... See more
Lisa Olivera • Ten things, part five
Millions of people — and white people in particular — would rather endure physical isolation, generalized loneliness, caregiving exhaustion, and financial precarity than relinquish some of their societal power. That’s a far less optimistic foundational myth than individualism. But it’s a far more honest one.
The Dark Heart of Individualism
People aren’t really looking to be economically stable before they start families; they’re looking to be existentially stable. They will opt-out of important life decisions altogether because they are waiting for the day when they will feel like more of a confident person with a firmer sense of self before making a commitment—not knowing that it’s
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„Fünf Bundesministerien verantworten etwa 170 Leistungen, die von fast 30 Behörden (...) teils unterschiedlich umgesetzt werden.“ Der Sozialstaat stehe unter erheblichem Druck, es brauche dringend eine Vereinfachung der Begriffe sowie eine Bündelung der Leistungen. Deshalb schlagen die vier Autoren vor, die Zuständigkeit für alle Sozialleistungen... See more
Dominik Fürst • Steinbrück, Voßkuhle, de Maizière: Was ein „handlungsfähiger Staat“ nun braucht
people have a general tendency to stick with their current situation.