“It is so easy to be immature,” Immanuel Kant wrote in his essay “What is Enlightenment” from 1784. And it still is. We duck enlightenment. We don’t want to take on the burden of thinking for ourselves. We prefer to be directed by dancing emotions, instead of engaging in uphill reason. “Gladly remain in lifelong […]
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The reports are endless on bomb attacks, shootings and violence in Sweden. How could it be that the perhaps most well-functioning country in the world has turned into a mudbath of murders? With 14-year-old contract killers? Sweden used to be a quiet country. The la-la land of IKEA, ABBA and Volvo. Inhabited by well-behaved Swedes
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Internationally, we give much attention to inequality between countries: the old north and south divide, the developed world versus the developing. In Western countries we also focus on domestic inequality, particularly in countries such as the U.S., Italy or Britain, where the divide is prominent. What I miss in this picture is to highlight the
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Imagine, your absolute best future. Or the future of your country. What do you want your town or city to look like 20 years from now? Do you ever think about these questions? It seems to me that we are much more occupied with getting rid of things. “If only my self-centred boss would
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Yesterday was Labour Day. Decades ago, inveterate men marched and carried the banners of their Union. They demanded 8 hours of work, 8 hours of leisure and 8 hours of rest. The slogan: “Hold out comrades – eat bread and herring.” That is all part of the proud history of the Labour movement. Thousands of
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