Overthinking human nature and its footmark from a distance
How come so many people in this world are mentally ill?
Recent research has shown that some people have a higher risk of a mental disorder than others because of certain genes. Based on that, there is the idea that new, more effective individual treatments could be explored... What if it is time to stop looking for more effective individual treatments, and instead improve modern industrial societies…?…
2026-06-26
No time to waste
‘No time to waste’ was first used as a slogan by Greenpeace in the early 90s. It became one of Greenpeace’s most iconic ‘crisis’ campaign slogans, calling for action to protect the environment. Almost thirty years later, humanity is not only still in the middle of a global environmental crisis but also has to deal with several other crises on an international or even global scale...How did the world become like this, and what if an even bigger crisis is happening right now?…
2026-06-19
How humanity turned out to live in an unfair world
Trust is declining worldwide. According to the 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer, it is estimated that sixty-one percent of people globally experience a moderate or high sense of grievance... Meanwhile, four out of ten people worldwide think that hostile activism is justified... How did humanity end up in this hostile and unfair world?…
2026-06-12
Can national security officials’ claims around the world be trusted blindly?
… Since national security officials have received specific education and/or training in the national security domain and assess uncertainty professionally on a daily basis, are they really better equipped to assess uncertainty in the world compared to other people?…
2026-06-05
LONGREAD: Can humanity mentally survive another world war?
World War II (WWII) was so far the deadliest conflict ever. It is estimated that a total of sixty to eighty million people died, which was about three percent of the total world population... Is this a burden that humanity could bear again? In a century in which conflicts seemingly become more cruel and more inhumane than ever, is this not a question we should ask ourselves?…
2026-05-30
How you are turned into a national security threat
At the start of April 2026 there were 5.79 billion social media user identities with an annual growth of 5.4 percent... It is expected that by 2035 the data volume will surpass the most ambitious forecasts due to quantum computing, the next generation of IoT and AI applications. This raises the question of how secure your personal data is that you leave on the internet and in the cloud…
2026-05-22
About the world of today…
The world we knew in the 20th century no longer exists. Much has changed since the end of the Second World War... Rapid rises in stock valuations in the technology and internet sector led to overenthusiasm among investors, causing the dot-com bubble recession in 2001...
2026-05-15
LONGREAD: Who looks after the children?
…one in ten children worldwide is living with obesity… one in seven children and adolescents have a mental health condition… may have severe consequences for their and society’s future if not addressed properly…
2026-03-06
LONGREAD: How can humanity tackle the vulnerabilities modern society brought them?
What if modern society gives full rein to evil and corruption... What if these vulnerabilities are interwoven through our whole society…
2026-02-13
The world needs you to dare to be human
The world human population was never this physically and mentally unhealthy as today. We lived never as detached from our original social and natural environment as nowadays. The institutions we like to count on for guidance will not save us out of this despair…
2026-02-06
How can a well-intentioned idea turn into a world war?
… what starts with a well-intentioned idea, can quickly turn us into monsters that even can unleash a world war. How can it come that far?…
2026-01-31