This website brings a philosophical perspective to current events and trends: 

• What are the visions we have for our collective future? 

• How do we balance humanity with technological progress? 

• What is humanity in the first place? 

• What do we mean by "nature," and how do we relate to the nature around us, as well as to our own nature?

• We are in the midst of major transformations and the emergence of a global society. What are the elements and features of the emerging global civilization? 

I created this website to bring together different interests, reflect on my own traditions, and pursue some big questions. The short texts assembled here were written over the last three decades. 

I also collected texts from various authors that I use for teaching and reference.  They are grouped by topics and organized into small independent websites, accessible through the Menu  links. 

I am a psychotherapist and I also teach philosophy in the Bay Area of San Francisco.  I grew up in Bavaria, Germany, and studied Philosophy, Theology, Psychology, and German Literature in Munich and Berkeley.