The present is overrated: Matthias Horx on escalations, culminations, and perception errors
“Probably the impression that we live in particularly moving, fast-paced, dynamic and exciting times is deceptive. This subjective and collective perception is probably a form of “present vanity”, as the futurologist Matthias Horx calls it: the conviction of occupying an exposed place in history where things escalate and dramatically culminate.”
– Holm Friebe in his book “The Stone Strategy – The Art of Not Acting”, Hanser Verlag, page 87
