Pap Szilárd
@papszilard.bsky.social
journalist, political analyst from Hungary&Romania, interested in international politics and political economy. produce videos for Hungary's no. 1 online current affairs channel, Partizán.
sometimes blog here: https://koztes.substack.com/
sometimes blog here: https://koztes.substack.com/
What is happening with the German economy? I had a great discussion with @maxkrahe.bsky.social from @dezernatzukunft.bsky.social, he had really interesting insights on both the economic and political dimensions of this whole question.
youtu.be/qXeX-DG3UOg?...
youtu.be/qXeX-DG3UOg?...
Ami 80 évig sikeresen működött, azt nehéz elengedni | Interjú a német gazdaságról
YouTube video by Partizán
youtu.be
February 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
What is happening with the German economy? I had a great discussion with @maxkrahe.bsky.social from @dezernatzukunft.bsky.social, he had really interesting insights on both the economic and political dimensions of this whole question.
youtu.be/qXeX-DG3UOg?...
youtu.be/qXeX-DG3UOg?...
best essay I've read in a while
>>Is the ostensible crisis of attention, at bottom, a crisis of authority? Is “People aren’t paying attention” just a dressed-up version of “People aren’t paying attention to me”?<< www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
>>Is the ostensible crisis of attention, at bottom, a crisis of authority? Is “People aren’t paying attention” just a dressed-up version of “People aren’t paying attention to me”?<< www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
What if the Attention Crisis Is All a Distraction?
From the pianoforte to the smartphone, each wave of tech has sparked fears of brain rot. But the problem isn’t our ability to focus—it’s what we’re focussing on.
www.newyorker.com
January 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
best essay I've read in a while
>>Is the ostensible crisis of attention, at bottom, a crisis of authority? Is “People aren’t paying attention” just a dressed-up version of “People aren’t paying attention to me”?<< www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
>>Is the ostensible crisis of attention, at bottom, a crisis of authority? Is “People aren’t paying attention” just a dressed-up version of “People aren’t paying attention to me”?<< www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
never believed in the capitalist ideology that competition is always good. but since western societies seem to have run out of contestational energies, Chinese competition might be the only countervailing force against the distopia Silicon Valley has in store for our societies 1/
January 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
never believed in the capitalist ideology that competition is always good. but since western societies seem to have run out of contestational energies, Chinese competition might be the only countervailing force against the distopia Silicon Valley has in store for our societies 1/
évindító szemle Peter Heather és John Rapley Why Empires Fall. Rome, America and the Future of the West c. kötetéről
koztes.substack.com/p/es-ma-gond...
koztes.substack.com/p/es-ma-gond...
És ma gondoltál már a Római Birodalomra?
Avagy az ókori Róma és a kortárs Nyugat hanyatlásáról
koztes.substack.com
January 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
évindító szemle Peter Heather és John Rapley Why Empires Fall. Rome, America and the Future of the West c. kötetéről
koztes.substack.com/p/es-ma-gond...
koztes.substack.com/p/es-ma-gond...
for a moment after Dec 8, I wasn't sure that the re-run of the presidential election would bring even stronger far Right numbers, but the gov't decisions of the last week kinda guarantee it
Romania politics went through an earthquake last year when 'anti-system' neofash presidential candidate won - the answer of Social Democrats, now back in power w coalition government?
AUSTERITY - hikes in public transport fees & electricity, cuts in public employment, higher taxes on agriculture.
AUSTERITY - hikes in public transport fees & electricity, cuts in public employment, higher taxes on agriculture.
January 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
for a moment after Dec 8, I wasn't sure that the re-run of the presidential election would bring even stronger far Right numbers, but the gov't decisions of the last week kinda guarantee it