Quote from the book "I, You, and All of Us" (p. 240) “And this is also, in my view, the most important practical goal that we must achieve and ensure in the renewal of our world community: To create a public debate space in which "one can reconcile the infinite...
A brief overview of the current problems of a global democracy is sufficient to understand the difficulties inherent in the present form of democracy. Above all, the question arises: How can we improve democracy in such a way that it can effectively and satisfactorily...
Sehr geehrte Frau Dr. Svenja Flaßpöhler, (Chefredakteurin Philosophie Magazin) An dem „Philosophischen Stammtisch zu der Sensibilisierung der Gesellschaft“ (am 12 Dezember 2021, bei 3Sat) sagten Sie am Ende, dass Sie gerne mehr sensibel für die Sachen gewesen wären,...
(The list of earlier books commented by Peter Jakubowski can be found here.) Below you can see three excerpts from the latest book by Harald Welzer, "Nachruf auf mich selbst" (S. Fischer Verlag, 2021). My commentary (coloured green) mainly concerns the fragments of...
(The epilogue to the book by Peter Jakubowski "Our illusory physics", from 2014; the original book for viewing online.) Let us briefly reflect on our hopes and fears for the near future. A hundred years ago, there were about one billion people in the world. Now we are...
