It would be naïve to expect a dispassionate stance regarding the matters of the so-called Second Cold War, or even about its reality or the motivations of the crisis. Nevertheless, careful observers of the current debates may be able to see that --to a very large extent—many participants and actors are characterized by something I … Continue reading On Individual and Collective Empathy

Only a philosophical study of history may reach to its deeper secrets. In particular, if we seek a meaning, it is essential to look for completeness. Schlegel may be wrong in assuming an original unity of “nations,” but his diagnosis of the status of the mind in the modern world seems right. The following text … Continue reading The broken “moral unity of man” according to F. Schlegel

“Interactivity is all there is to write about: it is the paradox and the horizon of realization.” (R. Kaehr)

“Turning to Yen Yu, [Confucius] said, “Ch’iu, what are your wishes?” Ch’iu replied, “Suppose a state of sixty or seventy li square, or one of fifty or sixty, and let me have the government of it;-in three years’ time, I could make plenty to abound among the people. As to teaching them the principles of … Continue reading Regional Development

A transition to “complete” Security (in the sense described in the previous sections) requires a rediscovery of the context, this complex mesh of relationships through which we live and operate. This change must leverage a recognition of the personal, psychological, organisational and technical aspects. In following this path we need to base the IT disciplines … Continue reading Security Lost and Recovered (and 4)