I'm embarking on an experiment. A city is being built in Auroville. It is dedicated to humanity. It's about exploring consciousness, spirituality, and unity. UNESCO supports the project, the Indian state, many people around the world. There is a charter, a plan, many plans, many opinions, progress, and difficulties. Nobody is perfect... I'm going there to help, and therefore I don't want to comment before my arrival. That would be completely presumptuous. I...
One of the most consequential misunderstandings of recent generations is the confusion of economic and political theory. It seems almost a consensus that capitalism is understood as a political theory. There may be many reasons why capitalism must be understood politically. Certainly, there are also reasons why capitalism is often thought of together with democracy. For many people, that is the same thing anyway. Democracy without capitalism or capitalism without democracy seems unimaginable to many. It sounds synonymous. That is dangerous because it suggests...