I have to admit that I am a little disappointed with the complete lack of any response from Mrs, Müller (see “Technology + Culture + Ethics + Education in Deutschland (Interview with Silke Müller)” [ https://europe.politics.blog/2024/10/20/technology-culture-ethics-education-in-deutschland-interview-with-silke-muller ] ).
After the event which we both attended, she and I had a chance to talk briefly before she was whisked away to somewhere else. I asked about how I could reach her, she mentioned her website and then I followed up the very same day … which is now almost 2 months ago.
Apart from an auto-reply email I received from some robotic machine, I have heard nothing … but crickets (in my mind, I guess 😉 ) ….
I have addressed many different facets of this problem over the years (e.g. “How to Explain Ignorance” [ https://socio.business.blog/2023/09/10/how-to-explain-ignorance ] ). I was chatting with a friend shortly after the event and I joked how the professor I mentioned last week will probably instruct the people attending the seminar about using Google for “research”. 😛 My friend has since come back with some comments about narcissism and how some people are very much focused on advancing themselves (or their own “careers”) with little or hardly any thought of the world around them.
I myself have often alluded to the metaphor of the French Revolution as a depiction of how “out of touch” some people can be about their own impending doom. Today, I have an eerie notion about how there seems to be a parallel to the completely meaningless murmur of crickets becoming louder and louder day by day.
It seems quite quick, simple and easy to simply shrug and “shake it off” — doesn’t it?
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