Aleida Assmann talks in this book about 4 learnings from European history and provides in the second half of the book two examples for each learning. The learnings are securing peace, creation of democracies, the German culture of remembering and the rediscovery of human rights.
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Florian rated Technopoly: 5 stars
Technopoly by Neil Postman
With characteristic wit and candor, Neil Postman, our most astute and engaging cultural critic, launches a trenchant--and harrowing--warning against the …
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Technopoly by Neil Postman
With characteristic wit and candor, Neil Postman, our most astute and engaging cultural critic, launches a trenchant--and harrowing--warning against the …
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Chokepoint Capitalism by Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow
A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and …
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Chokepoint Capitalism by Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow
A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and …
Florian finished reading Content by Elias Hirschl
Content by Elias Hirschl
Listicles, YouTube-Videos, ChatGPT und jede Menge Content: Nach „Salonfähig“ die neue Romansatire von Elias Hirschl
Die Welt geht unter. Doch …
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Listicles, YouTube-Videos, ChatGPT und jede Menge Content: Nach „Salonfähig“ die neue Romansatire von Elias Hirschl
Die Welt geht unter. Doch …
Florian finished reading Der europäische Traum by Aleida Assman
Florian rated Der europäische Traum: 4 stars
Der europäische Traum by Aleida Assman
Das Symbol der EU ist der Sternenkreis. Lange stand er im Rahmen der offiziellen Rhetorik der EU als Symbol für …
Florian rated Venomous Lumpsucker: 4 stars
Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman
The venomous lumpsucker is the most intelligent fish on the planet. Or maybe it was the most intelligent fish on …
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In the near future corporations need to buy extinction credits when they accidentally or on purpose drive a species to extinction. Intelligent species cost 13 times as much as non-intelligent ones. Resaint evaluates if a species is intelligent and hires by a mining company. Things go wrong and suddenly Resaint and the executive from the mining company are hunting through the Baltic to find the last remaining venomous lumpsuckers.
Ned Beauman crafted a story with some really creative elements and some twists on reality. At times the book is super depressing because certain elements could happen in the real world as well.