Tag: politics

Societies Need More Time to Change

Art + Stories

Experiences

Societies Need More Time to Change

Director Alexander Nanau talks about his whistleblowing documentary “Collective”, and how the tragedy it chronicles highlights the social and political turmoil in Romania and further afield.

Keynes was wrong. Gen Z will have it worse.

World + People, Art + Stories

Science, Experiences

Keynes was wrong. Gen Z will have it worse.

Instead of never-ending progress, today’s kids face a world on the edge of collapse. What next?

Loss Is Such a Useless Word

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Dreams and Visions, Opinions

Loss Is Such a Useless Word

American poet Forrest Gander talks about the climate, the role of poetry, and where we can find hope.

Julia Fiedorczuk

Frustrating and Fascinating Questions

World + People

Dreams and Visions

Frustrating and Fascinating Questions

Jonathan Safran Foer, author of “We Are the Weather”, talks about pursuing an environmental way of life, the power of poetry, and how he engages in constructive conversation about climate.

Julia Fiedorczuk

Truth and Fictions

Art + Stories

Truth and Fictions

Agnieszka Holland talks about her new film “Mr. Jones”, and how we find ourselves at a timely moment for a story about a journalist uncovering brutal facts amid perfidious misdirection.

A Political Weather Forecast

World + People

Dreams and Visions

A Political Weather Forecast

History shows us that the weather is intrinsically connected with politics. More specifically, drastic changes in climate can lead to mass migration, instigating the collapse of old empires and the birth of new societies.

Andrzej Krajewski

What Are You Reading, Mr President?

Art + Stories

Opinions

What Are You Reading, Mr President?

We imagine a world in which politicians read books, leading to a greater capacity for imagination, truth, and caring for the country.

Paulina Wilk

What Do We Need Memory For?

World + People

Science

What Do We Need Memory For?

In an age of populism, nationalism and rapid change, we should cherish the gift of memory and learn from the past.

Włodek Goldkorn

There’s an Elephant in the Room

World + People

Dreams and Visions

There’s an Elephant in the Room

Noam Chomsky talks about who rules the world, the threat of climate change, and the breakdown of global democracy.

Tomasz Stawiszyński