THE LATE MOTHERS: People today gain more and more control over their surroundings – but lose contact with the world. Where is the limit for measurements, quality assurances, quantifications and bureaucratic routines?
ENERGY: We already have enough technologies to initiate a full transition to renewable energy sources. According to David Elliott, solar power also has a potential of a staggering 20 terrawatt – more than the world's total energy consumption
NATURE: The attempt to control nature's wildness locally has created uncontrolled effects globally. Do we have to freeze and sweat more in the future, or is civilization far wilder?
MIGRANTS: How hospitable can one be expected to be? Those who do not belong anywhere become poets, because they have to invent a new form of world citizenship, writes Alain Badiou.
: The most important thing is not to prevent the conflicts themselves, but to remove the violence from them, claims conflict resolution expert Oliver Ramsbotham.