Richard David Precht, pop star of philosophy and bestselling author, starts a wake-up call for a long overdue socio-political discussion with his latest book: “Hunters, Shepherds, Critics” (Jäger, Hirten, Kritiker). In the 2010s they displaced giants like Exxon Mobil, Petro-China or General Electric from the top positions of the most valuable companies and secured the top positions. None of the former champions of the old industry exists in 2040…Mark Zuckerberg has been president of the USA for many years…”.
Richard David Precht creates a utopia in which we live in a society without money and wage labour and at the same time are happy “to no longer have to do boring and alienated work”. But is a secure basic income, as Precht suggests, sufficient to lead a balanced and satisfying life? Precht wants to shape the transformation ahead of us so as not to be shaped by it. He looks at his utopia with German glasses and rightly so when he wants to spark off a political discussion here in Germany. You don’t have to follow or even agree with all your thoughts, they are definitely worth reading.
Our book tip: “Jäger, Hirten, Kritiker” by Richard David Precht, published 2018 by Goldmann Verlag, only available in German.
