Daniel Wentsch
@klickreflex
Freelance designer and web dev from Freiburg, Germany.
Daniel Wentsch
@klickreflex
Freelance designer and web dev from Freiburg, Germany.
Die intensive Bindung verliert heute zunehmend an Bedeutung. Sie ist vor allem unproduktiv, denn allein schwache Bindungen beschleunigen Konsum und Kommunikation. So zerstört der Kapitalismus systematisch Bindungen. Auch Herzensdinge sind heute rar. Sie weichen Wegwerfartikeln. Der Fuchs fährt fort: »Die Menschen haben keine Zeit mehr, um etwas ken
... See moreLetztendlich erwies sich ein Umstand als der fast einzig ausschlaggebende. Eine neue Analyse der von den Oliners gesammelten Daten zeigte, dass fast alle Menschen sich in Bewegung setzten, wenn diese eine Bedingung erfüllt war – um genau zu sein: 96 Prozent.[72]
Und diese Bedingung war? Ganz einfach: Man musste gefragt werden. Wer gefragt wurde, ob
... See moreDas dritte und vielleicht bemerkenswerteste Ergebnis der psychologischen Forschung war, dass sowohl Kommunisten als auch Strenggläubige deutlich überrepräsentiert waren.[67] Letztlich war es nicht die «vernünftige» Mehrheit, sondern es waren diejenigen an der Seitenlinie, die sich gegen die Besatzung auflehnten. Ironischerweise machte es kaum einen
... See morePeople almost never hate those who make polite and reasonably framed demands; in fact, they tend to respect and like them a little more. They feel in the presence of a maturity and kindly authoritativeness that appear worthy of their time, as well as seeming rare and a bit thrilling. Frustrating someone’s wishes doesn’t have to be evidence of selfi
... See moreThe news constantly provides us with a ringside seat at the most compelling and horrendous issues of our times, which feed both our outrage and our sense that there must be something we can do to try to prevent disaster. But in the process, we forget the radical limits on our powers to intervene effectively in pretty much any of the dilemmas that b
... See moreWe don’t need to make art in order to learn the most valuable lesson of artists, which is about noticing properly, living with our eyes open and thereby, along the way, savoring time. Without any intention to create something that could be put in a gallery, we could—as part of a goal of living more deliberately–take a walk in an unfamiliar part of
... See moreBut of course we have barely scratched the surface. We have grown bored of a world we haven’t begun to study properly. And that, among other things, is why time is racing by.
We must go to Machu Picchu or Angkor Wat, Astana or Montevideo; we need to find a way to swim with dolphins or order a thirteen-course meal at a world-famous restaurant in downtown Lima. That will finally slow down the cruel gallop of time.
But this is to labor under an unfair, expensive, and ultimately impractical notion of novelty: that it must in
... See moreThe difference in pace is not mysterious but has to do with novelty. The more our days are filled with new, unpredictable, and challenging experiences, the longer they will feel. And, conversely, the more one day is exactly like another, the faster it will pass by in a blur. Childhood ends up feeling so long because it is the cauldron of novelty; b
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