Otti Vogt

And we are complicit. Every Amazon order reinforces the system. We’d better secure a ticket on a Blue Origin rocket if we continue on Prime.

Cinque giorni prima delle elezioni ungheresi, il vicepresidente americano sale sul palco accanto al primo ministro ungherese, dice agli elettori di ignorare i "burocrati di Bruxelles" e dichiara: "Dobbiamo far rieleggere Viktor Orbán!"

A 442 giorni dall'inizio del mandato di Donald Trump, il tasso netto di approvazione YouGov del presidente è a un record di -23: 35% approva, 56% disapprova. A questo punto, la domanda non è più cosa abbia fatto DJ Trump. La domanda è perché quasi il quaranta percento degli americani sia ancora dalla sua parte.

You already know that Brexit has failed. The country knows it too—recent polling puts rejoin support at 55–60%.

Opporsi fermamente alla violenza degli insediamenti, al blocco degli aiuti, alle uccisioni di massa di civili o alle strutture dell'apartheid significa giudicare uno stato e la sua ideologia—non odiare un popolo.

The leadership class of the 21st century achieved something unprecedented: it became the most sophisticated analyst of its own catastrophe. The models sharpened. The frameworks multiplied. The planet keeps burning.

For two months, I stopped posting on LinkedIn. Not as digital detox, but as a noetic interruption to examine my embeddedness within the social field.

On 28 February 2026 — the eve of Purim, a date chosen with deliberate theological symbolism — without a UN mandate, without any armed attack on either state, and with diplomatic talks still active in Vienna, the United States and Israel bombed Iran. They struck its nuclear facilities, hit the residential compound of its Supreme Leader, and declared publicly that their objective was regime change. Donald Trump called it "major combat." Benjamin Netanyahu called it “deliverance”.

One thing puzzled me throughout 2025: not that millions voted for a manifestly incompetent authoritarian, but that they did so while presenting it as wisdom, courage—even salvation.

Ancora una volta, si riuniscono a Davos per piangere la frattura del mondo e ricordarci, solennemente, che i forti fanno ciò che vogliono, e gli altri devono adattarsi.

Between Adam Smith and Karl Marx lies not a chasm, but a dialectic—a historical arc that marks birth, betrayal, and critique of modern capitalism. Contrary to popular caricature, Marx didn't simply oppose Smith. He inherited him, transformed him, and exposed the contradictions Smith could not resolve. What most people miss is that both thinkers, in radically different ways, were engaged in the project of moral political economy—a vision now largely abandoned.

When Nobel prizes become status symbols, when justice becomes performative, and when moral ignorance ascends as virtue, we are no longer simply in error—we are in decline.

We stand at the edge of a vast societal reprogramming—and no one has asked for our permission.

Anti-intellectualism isn’t pluralism or authenticity. It's how power imposes stupidity and calls it truth.

Corporate scandals today are no longer about yachts or tweets—they’re about the abuse of institutional power. Many CEOs quietly supply the machinery that amplifies authoritarian governance.

Quando Spotify assegna la tua età di ascolto, LinkedIn calcola il tuo coinvolgimento più vicino o ChatGPT ti nomina ricercatore attento ai dettagli, assistiamo alla fine dell'argomento moderno. L'individuo autonomo, interpretativo e autodeterminante viene sostituito da un "divisuale" algoritmico: una forma dati distribuita ottimizzata per la previsione e il controllo.

Verrà un giorno, molto tempo dopo che il fumo si sarà diradato e i server saranno spenti, qualche civiltà aliena lontana studierà i resti del nostro pianeta e farà l'unica domanda che conta: Come potevano sapere così tanto e capire così poco?

Ethics is not a ritual, but an experiment—a collective effort to become more than any purpose can promise. The measure of transformation is not perfection, but willingness to keep faith with absent potential—the ongoing adventure of becoming what we are called to be.