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  • A meditation on the importance of old stuff

    Why is it that people obsess so much over novelty? Whether it is electric cars, artificial everything, genetic wizardry, information, or the newest iPhone, one could almost say that there exists a form of novelty psychosis, an incurable collective case of neomania, the love of all things modern, for its own sake. And it is not new. […] Read more…

  • In Munster, three cages are hanging on the cathedral tower

    Every time I visit that beautiful German city of Munster I take some time to walk around in the old inner city. Standing before the somewhat menacing St. Lambert’s church tower I gaze upward. Up there, close to the top, are three cages, approximately six feet high. These cages are reminders of a short and […] Read more…

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