Andreas Vlach
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Andreas Vlach
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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Die Krise der Gegenwart besteht darin, dass alles, was dem Leben Sinn und Orientierung geben könnte, wegbricht. Das Leben wird nicht mehr vom Haltenden und Haltbaren getragen. Rilkes Vers aus den Duineser Elegien »Denn Bleiben ist nirgends« bringt die Krise der Gegenwart am besten zum Ausdruck. Nie war das Leben so flüchtig, vergänglich und
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Society and
“Your purpose is not the thing you do. It’s the thing that happens in others when you do what you do.”
– Dr. Caroline Leaf
– Dr. Caroline Leaf
Tina Roth Eisenberg • swissmiss
I often think of the Noah Smith quote: “Fifteen years ago, the internet was an escape from the real world. Now, the real world is an escape from the internet.”
Clicks & Clout: How We Seek Status In the Digital Age
Technologies shape and are shaped by society. They are neither the problem nor the solution.
“You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
— Cormac McCarthy