LIFETIMES. YOU DON'T EVEN LIVE ONCE...

Robert Misik in conversation with Bernd Marin

LIFETIMES. YOU DON'T EVEN LIVE ONCE...

In The Third Age, the social scientist Bernd Marin dedicates himself to pop science, a popular yet profound transfer of knowledge to a broad audience. In 13 chapters, he unfolds a broad spectrum of current social issues: From the speed and leisure society between killing speed and deceleration to threatening de-civilisation; from longevity and age inflation, which make us older and older and at the same time six hours younger every day, to the »contaminated times« of crisis and pandemic (mis)management 2020-2023; from questions about expert rule to amusing observations of our everyday cacique.

Marin brings together a mixture of essays, glosses, notes and commentaries on current affairs. This opens up a treasure trove of literary and philosophical reflections and creates poetic moments. Bernd Marin never spares us a moment of exciting reflection and stimulating learning. This guarantees steep learning curves, packaged in such an entertaining way that insights and knowledge gains come to us »in our sleep«. Or, as an obituary for a great thinker says: "See what no one sees - until everyone sees it.

Bernd Marin, Social scientist, founder and director of the European Bureau for Policy Advice and Social Research in Vienna
Robert Misik, Author and journalist

Bernd Marin
LifeTimes. You don't even live once ...
Sonderzahl Verlagsges., 2024, ISBN 3854496524, 9783854496526
494 pages, over 35 hours of downloadable audio-visual contributions, €29