“The society we live in today is just an experiment. Nobody has the answers. Nobody knows where it’s going, or why. We don’t even know where we would like it to go. There’s no grown-up out there, looking out for… — Hanzi Freinacht Copy Share Image
“We fail to take responsibility, to act productively in the interest of ourselves and others. And in our attempts at a better life, we are often severely limited or thwarted by the immature and socially inept behavior of ourselves and… — Hanzi Freinacht Copy Share Image
“Polarization (and Trumpism) is in itself a kind of political crisis. But all of this would be fine in the long run, if the stakes weren’t so high and the time frames so narrow. As a world-system, we really don’t have the time for Trumpism and the like. Global warming and the rapid changes pertaining to the internet age won’t… — Hanzi Freinacht Copy Share
“Let’s return to the main argument. People are hurting as hell. It matters. We should do something to make them happier, if we can.” — Hanzi Freinacht Copy Share Image
“Our current society is designed to achieve growth of industrial output and redistributing its spoils. Future society must expand upon today’s society’s way of… — Hanzi Freinacht Copy Share Image
“At the micro-sociological level, most humans are doing better than ever. Yet there is so much confusion, suffering and bitter resentment. How many beautiful,… — Hanzi Freinacht Copy Share Image
“Ours is a world full of self-deceit, my friend. But it is at the same time a world full of sincere truth seeking, scientific… — Hanzi Freinacht Copy Share Image
“People need irony in order to build interpersonal trust based on self-knowledge, humor and critical thinking.” — Hanzi Freinacht Copy Share Image
“Radically new spiritual movements are cropping up, notably the “atheist” practice of Syntheism. And musicians are creating stranger and stranger electrical sounds and rhythms,… — Hanzi Freinacht Copy Share Image
“The idea of the individual is actually an ingenious solution to a difficult social-philosophical problem: Should we focus on society as a whole, or… — Hanzi Freinacht Copy Share Image
“As voters, many of us often recognize that we cannot know the answers to all the complicated societal questions. And frankly, neither can the… — Hanzi Freinacht Copy Share Image
“The marriage of irony and sincerity helps us to take the perspectives of others: the racist, the exaggerated feminist, the conservative. Each ironic position… — Hanzi Freinacht Copy Share Image
“We simply haven’t advanced to that stage of thinking—a stage where you see that the inner development of each person is intrinsically connected to… — Hanzi Freinacht Copy Share Image
“Building—or cultivating—the next and deeper layer of social welfare requires the ongoing posing of two questions: How can good conditions and prerequisites for human… — Hanzi Freinacht Copy Share Image
