27. Less rules + freer trade = more prosperity – Vit Jedlička
Have you heard of the Free Republic of Liberland? Probably not. But it is actually a nation that turned five this spring. There is a catch: It still doesn’t have any inhabitants on the physical area i...
13 Okt 202045min
26. Voters without borders – Valerie Sternberg
The EU is an attempt to accomplish democracy at the European level, but there is a glass ceiling: The heads of government have the final say, not the elected representatives in the European Parliament...
6 Okt 20201h 18min
25. We are all connected – the (sometimes tricky) art of letting go and live happily
Almost everything in this physical world is ”nothingness”. It’s space. Only a teeny fraction of you, me and everything else consists of what we call particles. But that space isn’t nothing. It’s packe...
3 Okt 202023min
24. ”That little ego voice in your head is nothing more than an annoying roommate” – Eben Alexander
The near-death experience of Dr Eben Alexander is astonishing in its depth, and it is especially interesting since Dr Alexander was part of the mainstream scientific community. He was in a week-long c...
29 Sep 202054min
23. The human factor in technology – Nadine Michaelides
Our world is ever more a cyberworld, but we still treat the digital part of it as if it weren’t real. Those who develop tech solutions surprisingly often forget about the people whom those solutions a...
23 Sep 202047min
22. The pivotal question – are we flesh robots or not?
One day when I was 20 years old the whole world around me changed in appearance. I had tunnel vision and I had an eerie feeling of not being rooted. The thought that I, the real ”I”, was just that lum...
20 Sep 202016min
21. A world without money – Colin R Turner
Most economists point out that economics isn’t particularly much about money, it’s about people’s behavior. Yet, most of them wouldn’t go so far as to suggest we scrap money altogether. ”When people a...
16 Sep 20201h 22min
20. The case for traveling by air, after all
The narrative about aviation's impact on the climate is muddled by a desire to use moral ammunition. Trains can never substitute airplanes on long distances, air traffic is crucial for global integrat...
12 Sep 202018min
