What to expect

Here you will get some more or less unfiltered thoughts of a student from Europe. From creative takes on systems that are so deeply engraved that many won’t even consider alternatives anymore to the workings of our story driven mind. I will show you how I think things were, are, and should be – there will be a lot of thinking. To train the muscles of our mind and imagine what might be possible.

Instead of me explaining let’s start with a short story that should illustrate well what I’m on about:

It is early morning, Jess wakes up. Her clear eyes pop open and stare to the ceiling for a split second before she takes a deep breath and hurriedly gets out of bed. It is an important day for her she knows that. The first day of what is most certainly the most important year of her life. Her backpack is standing in the corner of the room. It is fully packed and after getting ready she unpacks everything to go through her list one last time. It is the fifth time in the past three days. Clothes, food, sanitary, some tools, a tiny book, Jess stops, her shoulders sink, and she suddenly looks much smaller in her room. The book reveals pictures of her family and friends and although Jess has not yet left, she already feels thousands of miles away. Jess will leave following an old tradition. After centuries of war and conflict it was decided that each belief gets their own country. Elysia is one of them, where people believe in Mercury, the God of trade. Everyone in the world can choose to travel all continents but only when they turn 21 and not indefinite. She can go everywhere without interference, learn about different ways of life, ideals, beliefs, political, economic or religious systems. Many choose to stay home, too afraid of what lies beyond the borders of Elysia, but Jess is brave. She wants to see the world, experience all facets and possibilities within it. Although she is nervous about this idea of leaving it is also liberating, what might be out there, what creative or maybe even absurd things? Jess wants to know everything and so she sets her foot over the Elysian border. May the journey begin.

Just like Jess, I want us to embark on a journey leaving our comfortable thoughts behind and look beyond. To think freely and creatively about the state of the world and our role within it as well as the possibilities that lie ahead, only limited by our imagination.

“Everything we want to do, we can afford.” –  Dagobert Duck

(If I pick up a quote I like I will add it at the end. Dagobert Duck did not say this though, Keynes did. Pay attention!)