Ethik

Die gelbschwarze (das hat nichts mit den Deutschlandwahlen zu tun) Bank mit dem Giebelkreuz im Logo laesst schon laenger ein Testimonial Danksagungen dafuer sprechen, dass der erfahrene Bankberater so viele haessliche Reihenhaueser und Gewerbeparks in der Region finanziert hat. Was das Testimonial zuversichtlich sein laesst, laesst bei anderen das nackte Grauen wachsen.

Interview: "The Philosopher and the Wolf" is a bestseller and a philosophical textbook at the same time. Mark Rowlands explains the fundamental issues of morality, mortality and human intelligence against the background of eleven years with a wolf - examining what we can learn from the attitude of a wild creature.

Media are a window to the world; that's a legitimate view. They show things we would not see without them. They don't, in the first place, create things. It's worth to have a closer look on how media shape trends and support cultural changes - but that's another story.
Today I'm just wondering about the assumptions that make teachers, journalists, parents and who else wants to join the choir of the concerned grown ups worry about new online media as place, tool or even cause for increased mobbing among kids and teenagers.
How can media create violence?

"The decisions we take really consciously, after having considered a lot of options and alternatives, are mostly those, that go against our nature" - I heard two ladys talking yesterday on my way home.

I'm sure this is not meant to be too personal, but it's one of the most attention-grabbing corporate culture statements I've ever read.
This company is extremely focus on freedom, excellence, responsibility and high performance.
"If we would not fight hard for someome who wants to leave us - we give him a generous severance."

Communication is not always about agreeing. It's not even always about understanding.
So what else do we do, besides creating noise?