mathias buente's Page

I live in berlin, people aren't hungry. people here eat super cheap s*** they dont know anything about. mostly not where its from, not really how its made, a lot of times not even what it actually is they are eating. a burger for 99 cents, 500 g of raw pig meat for 1.20€, a kilogram bananas for 79 cents. how is this even possible?



candy made of chemicals is one thing. mass food production and distribution, organized totally unattached to 'what the product actually is' - we are what we… Continue

the task is to dream up a best case scenario, but I want to argue that envisioning a better future - just as painting everything black and thinking the worst will certainly happen, is a waste of time and actually not at all making a better future happen, but is only slowing everything down. If people wouldnt move back and forth on the 'arrow of time' with their thoughts, comparing past and future and thus ignoring the moment, I believe our minds wouldnt work as linear as they are now. I believe… Continue

My hero right now is Dave Eggers.

Not for his books -I havent read any- but for this TED talk:



http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/dave_eggers_makes_his_ted_prize_wish_once_upon_a_school.html



he shows how he set up a insanely kick ass 'tutoring center' for kids. Giving kids the 'right' environment will always surprise everybody with exceptional outcome and everybody involved feeling great!… Continue

I picked "Don’t fight culture" because I think this is a very basic problem. good people think 'if only 'they' had what we have'; often completely unaware that things we (in the west) cherish the most aren't even on 'their' agenda. some say arrogance comes from knowing something others dont.
I think the arrogance of 'the rich' mostly is rooted in a total lack of interest and imaginative power.