Letting the hypersensitive impose their standards on everyone else is ridiculous, says John Cleese. The comedian explains why the British won World War II and why the BBC has lost its way.
Glacier Kwong. Bild: Hans Christian Plambeck/Laif.
Glacier Kwong is forced to live in exile in Germany because she demonstrated for democracy in Hong Kong. What happened to people in Hong Kong, she says, could happen to people in other Western countries as well.
California is economically successful, but its cities have been destructed, says author Michael Shellenberger. He explains why he fell out with progressives and how Hollywood turns people into victims.
The state has been at the forefront of tech capitalism. But the downsides of its economic model become increasingly glaring.
Ai Weiwei in der Ausstellung «Ai Weiwei. In Search Of Humanity» in der Albertina Modern in Wien, aufgenommen am 15. März 2022.
Bild: APA/Hans Klaus Techt/Keystone.
In the U.S., Self-proclaimed anti-racism activists have called for defunding the police. This has resulted in more crime – the victims of which are disproportionately blacks.
Deirdre McCloskey, fotografiert von Maartje Geels.
Because of the dangers, riding a motorcycle is fundamentally different from driving a car. A combination of power, control and vulnerability made the motorcycle an iconic symbol of different countercultures.
It is not certain yet how Central Bank Digital Currencies will be designed. Some projects, especially the cross-border implementation of the digital Yuan, foreshadow an alarming future.
