4) That’s the same old baboon brain flaring up again. But then the second thought must follow: wait - I’m not a baboon. Culture begins exactly where instinct is questioned. Otherwise, it's just the same ancient fear wearing modern clothes.

3) And this isn’t limited to race. The same primitive impulse plays out in the way people react to gender and trans identities. If someone doesn't fit your 'template', your first thought is often that they're too different and not part of your tribe.

2) In order to do that, you had to draw a line between 'us' & 'them'. However, that's just the spinal cord talking - racism is the work of the reptile brain. The neocortex evolved later & says, ‘Hold on’. When people allow their spinal cord to dominate, it simply indicates a lack of culture.

1) Racism is completely natural. We all carry it - you could say that racism is wired into us. What we lack isn't morality; it's culture. From an evolutionary perspective, it may even have been useful at one time, helping to protect the gene pool & encouraging people to stick with their own group.

2) It's the new opium of the masses, neatly packaged in pixels.

1) As always, clarity is key. Thanks. What’s most striking is this quiet desperation to believe, the addictive need for validation, even when reality suggests that none of it is actually happening. These posts are precisely crafted for that purpose: to soothe doubt with digital affirmation.

2) Denn wer die Augen vor ihr verschließt, bleibt blind für die Gegenwart und öffnet der Unmenschlichkeit erneut die Tür.“ Richard von Weizsäcker - 1985

1) Außergewöhnlich? „Die meisten Menschen von heute waren damals Kinder oder noch nicht geboren. Sie tragen keine Schuld an den Verbrechen, doch sie tragen die Verantwortung, die Vergangenheit anzunehmen.

Was there not, if memory serves, some mention of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, one of whom, I believe, was a lady of certain professional versatility? In modern parlance, of course, we should refer to such individuals, as your headline implies, as content creators.

Gay, Jewish, Muslim, environmentalist, socialist, democrat, so many labels between Mamdani and Polanski that when people use them as insults, I can’t help but laugh. Not at the words, but at their speakers, and at the strange little world they imagine they’re describing.

I'm not dismissing the idea, but even before technology became a thing, people claimed to be able to identify personalities based on pictures. Here, in particular, I'm reminded of the wonderful film Europa Europa.

„Es gilt die Unschuldsvermutung.“ Das ist eigentlich selbstverständlich und bedarf keiner besonderen Erklärung. Es gibt jedoch Menschen in unseren Gesellschaften, für die die Unschuldsvermutung immer gilt, und andere, für die sie nicht gilt. Dies hat verschiedene Ursachen.