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‘Friends’ of the Environment
Written by Seth Baum
Television shows like Friends and Seinfeld may have inadvertently been among the best things to have happened to the environment over the last few decades. These shows are not about environmental issues. They don’t cause people to want to be environmentalists – at least not directly. Instead, these American sitcoms, […]
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Syria: Just Another Candidate for Western Democracy?
Written by Alexandru Firus
In the old days Globalization was usually by means of mounted warriors, ships or explorers who roamed continents. At first they were driven by need, afterwards they did it out of greed and to some degree, out of curiosity. Settlers, travelers on mules and camel caravans, followed the warriors. Today we have […]
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How much selfishness does our society tolerate?
Written by elisav
Almost a year ago the fourth “Ulmer Denkanstöße” took place in the beautiful round Richard Maier townhouse in Ulm, southern Germany, and had the honor to announce the philosopher Peter Sloterdijk as first keynote speaker. As we walk into the building we see people everywhere – although it […]
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Megalopolises – houses for many, homes for none
Written by Blanca Vera
The new age of industrialization and globalization is giving rise to unforeseen migration patterns across the globe. It’s giving birth to an increasing demographic movement towards urban and sub-urban areas. This sudden movement of the masses has taken our Chilean cities by surprise. Modern megalopolises are now under tremendous pressure to provide […]
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Outsourced to India?
Written by Tarun
When we were students and read or heard about some multinational company outsourcing its business processes to India, it always excited us because it meant more chances of finding a well paid job. Go to any big Indian city, and you will find people directly or indirectly associated with outsourcing software services, the services industry […]
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Thimphu’s Tipping Point
Written by noajones
Last year, in Thimphu the capital of Bhutan, there was a pedestrian route that led from the center of the city’s busy main street Norzin Lam up to the Chorten Lam thoroughfare. I would walk this path daily, though there was some risk involved: just after Thai Park, the sidewalk ended […]
