Die Zeit nach Weizsäcker
What is time? TLDR: Nobody knows.
Marginalia
I have discovered a truly marvellous proof of this,
which this margin is too narrow to contain.
An Ideal of Ideal-Free Democracy
Why a purely procedural conception of democracy cannot do without normative ideals.
Das Physikverständnis Paul Samuelsons
Paul Samuelson (Nobel Prize in Economics, 1970) and his views on physics, economics, and their interplay. A similar critique may be applied to many pre-paradigmatic strands of AI safety research.
An Economic Overview of the Minimum Wage Debate in the Context of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Neoclassicists and Keynesians on the minimum wage; early musings on Neuchâtel’s cantonal minimum wage of 2017.
Straße, Platz, Palast. Zur Architektur demokratischer Räume
Jan-Werner Müller, 2026 · Street, Palace, Square: The Architecture of Democratic Spaces · dt. von Michael Bischoff, 2026
Pikalähettinä Pekingissä: Duunarielämää 2000-luvun Kiinassa
Hu Anyan (胡安焉), 2023 · I Deliver Parcels in Beijing (我在北京送快递) · suom. Rauno Sainio, 2026
Vaterland
Paweł Pawlikowski, 2026
Verdict: Le monde d’hier, overcome
Coming soon.
The Odyssey
Christopher Nolan, 2026IMAX 70mm
Verdict: Lost in large-format
More of “Oppenheimer-Nolan”, as opposed to “Inception-Nolan”. The film is carried by its beautiful cinematography1 and mythological score2. Odysseus’ leitmotif was especially effective, and it continues to echo in my mind. I highly recommend watching it in the rare IMAX 70mm format, if you get the chance. However, the movie frequently drags on, only to suddenly burst into full-on Hollywood action. The latter felt especially off-rhythm and pulled me out of the movie immediately. While not Nolan’s best work, it is definitely worth seeing in the large format, though it does come across more like an intellectual exercise than a piece of art entertainment.
1 Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema · 2 Score: Ludwig Göransson