By Joanna Sowińska Due to an increasingly competitive world driven by capital, personal success soon became a foundation for career building. A common name given for this phenomenon is the “rat race”, which refers to the endless struggle of people to achieve success. In fact, this process is described as self-defeating, as itContinue Reading
By Adriana Albares Infante COVID-19 has the global order shivering. The viral respiratory illness, also known as Coronavirus, began spreading in China late last year. Since then, the virus accounts for over 440.000 cases and 19.000 deaths. Governments worldwide are enacting national lockdowns. All schools, universities and most corporations haveContinue Reading
By Ayse Mısırlıoğlu It is an extremely rainy day somewhere in Sevilla, and it not only looks, but also feels gray. There is still some life left in the streets, though only echoed in the hurried steps of everyone scurrying away to their homes or to the nearest shelter. EveryoneContinue Reading
By Adriana Albares In 1920, under the 19th Amendment, American women obtained their right to vote. Until then, women and suffragettes across the world had sacrificed their lives and status for the vote; with mass demonstrations in front of the White House and British Parliament. Nowadays, you will find womenContinue Reading
By Juni Moltubak Climate change is in a state of crisis. And so, many would argue, is democracy. Some may say that we need to sacrifice certain democratic rights in order to solve the climate emergency, whilst others claim democracy is the very key with which we can solve theContinue Reading
By Radoslaw Gryczka Translated by Zuzanna Mietlinska What is this all about? We all know the topic: the Second World War started on September 1st 1939, and ended on May 8th 1945. But just between us, this information is anything but interesting – as we endlessly repeated it in school.Continue Reading
By Juni Moltubak The world is changing and it’s changing fast. By the year 2050 the amount of people living in urban areas will increase from 50 to 70% of the world’s population. Energy demand will have increased by 40%. And 140 million people are likely to be displaced asContinue Reading
By Lea Schiller Decorations, music, delicious meals and most importantly, spending time with family and friends: as we move closer to the end of the semester, the holidays are waiting after the last exams. Because of the stress of the last block, relaxing at home is something many of usContinue Reading
By Alon Küster The Paradox of Simplicity Simple is easy to understand, you can easily share it with other people. If you want to effectively organize people, you need a simple idea. A good idea spreads fast and sticks in people’s minds. One example throughout history would be religion. ItContinue Reading
By Alon Küster In Bullshit Jobs, David Graeber looks at the increase of jobs that do not contribute anything meaningful society. He reasons that the role of bureaucracies and perverse incentives are to blame for the rise of this phenomena. The book reviewed here is an expansion of an essayContinue Reading