Entries by Phillip Maiwald

Wasting Time

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Lesezeit: ca. 2 MinutenThis short text is about the end, at least for the time being, of the vanities of a consumer society that has clearly lost its way. The ecological crisis is forcing us to our knees, so to speak, forcing us to put everything else we would like to deal with to one side, at least […]

Activism from Home

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Lesezeit: ca. 2 MinutenI have said it many times: all the unhappiness of people comes from the fact that they cannot remain quietly in a room. Blaise Pascal   Is activism from home an alternative to loudly chanting political demands on the street? Even if the affirmative answer to this question seems unusual, if not absurd, at first […]

Candy Crush

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Lesezeit: ca. 2 MinutenWhat exactly makes adult people play Candy Crush on every corner of the republic in times of climate change and species extinction? Why the hell is such a thing even allowed!? How are we supposed to save the world with such an infantilized society? I have said it over and over again: we don’t have […]

Who is Till Eulenspiegel?

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Lesezeit: ca. 2 MinutenVanity is the preserving principle in the higher human being, in the lower the destroying principle. Christian Friedrich Hebbel       In Tennessee Williams I once read that vanity is a question of honor. Indeed, the question of vanity is an interesting one, because we humans almost all and constantly have to deal with […]

Why it makes a Difference to take a short Shower

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Lesezeit: ca. 3 MinutenSeparating garbage does not help. The garbage I separate here ends up in Africa or China anyway, or is burned stupidly. So the problem is merely shifted; a kind of indulgence trade, so that we can feel better. Taking a short shower doesn’t help either, because showering is not the problem when we look at […]