“Where are we moving? Away from all suns? Are we not constantly falling? Is there still an above and a below? Are we not wandering through an infinite nothingness? Has it not become colder?” With these words, Friedrich Nietzsche proclaimed the death of God. Today, everyone has to play a little ...
“Where are we moving? Away from all suns? Are we not constantly falling? Is there still an above and a below? Are we not wandering through an infinite nothingness? Has it not become colder?”
With these words, Friedrich Nietzsche proclaimed the death of God. Today, everyone has to play a little God: “You have the choice! Use it!” The categorical imperative of the 21st century is self-realization: “Become perfect!” “Five-course meal and dream figure – everything is possible!” The curse and blessing, power and powerlessness have rarely been so close together as they are today. Failing to meet one’s own expectations has become the new feeling of life: Those who have a hundred jams in the real shelf still prefer to go to ALDI in the end. Those who have all the possibilities still constantly feel like they have no choice.
Thus, we increasingly decide not to want to decide: Children yes, but just not now. Living together gladly, but please with separate bedrooms. Choosing green, living black. We no longer say yes or no – we say YES-NO. In short: We are open to everything and not quite right.
Life in the multi-option society often feels like an endless forest at night. On these paths, coaches and consultants promise floodlights on worn motivational paths, even though they don’t even have a flashlight. Florian Schroeder stays grounded and shows you how to make the battery last longer.
Schroeder studied philosophy, is an award-winning comedian, moderator on big and small stages, and an author. As a man of words, he paints a precise picture of our time. Like no other, Schroeder combines the razor-sharp observational skills of a comedian with the analytical sharpness of a philosopher. He effortlessly bridges the gap from Kant to Facebook and from hot chai tea latte to the Cold War. When it gets boring with the philosopher, it becomes funny with him, and when it gets shallow with the comedian, it becomes profound with him.
A lecture to laugh, to think, and to continue thinking. This way, you will see the world with different eyes and joyfully make decisions again.