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A rational optimism?

THE STORY: What, for example, could the end of slavery mean for our dependence on fossil fuels? What can historical examples of successful coexistence between different ethnic groups, or the rise of the art of printing, tell us today?

The need for a relational renaissance

LOVING ANARCHISM: Here we have ten chapters on topics such as water shortages, democracy, environmental challenges, artificial intelligence and economics. A writer who is more concerned with social than technological innovations. For example, he believes that citizens' councils with real power, debate and direct decisions can be established without representative democracy being abolished.

To care about future generations

PHILOSOPHY: Having your head full of thoughts is not the same as thinking. To think means to concentrate the power of thought in special directions – as the long-term consequences of one's own actions…