“It is solemn duty of the philosopher to piss on all that you hold dear and sacred, to show you that your… — Hanzi Freinacht Philosopher Copy Share Image
“We can and should create a happy society, simply because we care. Unfortunately, I have found, this is not obvious to many… — Hanzi Freinacht Metamodernism Copy Share Image
“Let’s return to the main argument. People are hurting as hell. It matters. We should do something to make them happier, if… — Hanzi Freinacht Hurting 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… — Hanzi Freinacht Community 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… — Hanzi Freinacht Communication Copy Share Image
“People need irony in order to build interpersonal trust based on self-knowledge, humor and critical thinking.” — Hanzi Freinacht Critical thinking 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… — Hanzi Freinacht Community Copy Share Image
“We are witnessing the rise of the digitalized, globalized, transnational, postindustrial society—and its discontents. The nationalist resurgence is only that: the outdated,… — Hanzi Freinacht Nationalist Copy Share Image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… — Hanzi Freinacht Politics Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time, Zhuang Zhou dreamed he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting about happily, enjoying himself. He did not know… — Hanzi Freinacht Time 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… — Hanzi Freinacht Community 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… — Hanzi Freinacht Marriage Copy Share Image
“Issues such as universal freedom of migration, international security, terrorism, internet policing, climate crisis, ecological sustainability, stabilizing international finance and banking, global… — Hanzi Freinacht Cybersecurity 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… — Hanzi Freinacht Social welfare 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… — Hanzi Freinacht Alienation Copy Share Image
“And secondly, admit defeat. Socialism (or anarchism) is not going to happen. And there is no national resurgence of organic community coming… — Hanzi Freinacht Another time 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,… — Hanzi Freinacht Global warming Copy Share Image
“The society we live in today is just an experiment. Nobody has the answers. Nobody knows where it’s going, or why. We… — Hanzi Freinacht Experiment 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… — Hanzi Freinacht Dance floor Copy Share Image
“Lovers of transpersonal power seek the empowerment of selves and others—realizing that power and freedom are sisters.” — Hanzi Freinacht Freedom Copy Share Image
“I develop if you develop. Even if we don’t agree, we come closer to the truth if we create better dialogues and… — Hanzi Freinacht Communication Copy Share Image
“It is by looking at deep psychological issues, the inner development of each of us, and how such properties are generated within… — Hanzi Freinacht Community Copy Share Image
“People are hurt and afraid at a subtle psychological level—and are therefore self-absorbed, incapable of taking on larger perspectives and incapable of… — Hanzi Freinacht Fear Copy Share Image
“Metamodern politics aims to make everyone secure at the deepest psychological level, so that we can live authentically; a byproduct of which… — Hanzi Freinacht Happiness Copy Share Image
“In plain English, you need to wrestle the doubts and accusations that it’s all just bullshit. And, needless to say, the majority… — Hanzi Freinacht Bullshit Copy Share Image
“A smaller axis of progressives do have intuitive and sometimes explicit understandings that the times are-a-changin’. These strata are concentrated around progressive… — Hanzi Freinacht Cybersecurity 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… — Hanzi Freinacht Bad love Copy Share Image
