I found out that there’s nothing in my life that I like more than taking an idea and seeing if you can turn it into something. Shaping something from an abstraction into something concrete. And that’s actually part of being a consultant [on The Americans]. Part of that was learning how to play well with others.
I would like to be a part of you doing the thing that you want to do, participating in a project that you think has value.
Joshua Brand
My name is Kamil and I’m 41 years old. I was born in a small town in southeastern Poland. I currently live in the city of Koszalin close to the Baltic Sea.
Long time ago I studied philosophy and it had a big impact on how I see the world today.
Philosophy and rationalism are not appreciated enough today. At a time when people in the free world have access to information – it seems that rationalism should be having its best time in history – unfortunately it is a completely different story.
Populist rhetoric is present today almost all over the world. I think this is the result of the decline of traditional intellectual hierarchy. Social media gives everyone the opportunity to speak – and it seems fair. Unfortunately, this egalitarianism of expression has its terrible consequences.
Despite its many advantages, social media have become a great support for populist politicians, regimes, ideological groups and their internet trolls.
Freedom of speech is not the freedom to speak any nonsense but taking responsibility for our statements. This is what honest journalism should be based on.
We live in times of bloggers and „YouTubers” (often amateurs in some field) are more popular than professionals e.g. scientists. Simple uneducated people prefer to listen to YouTubers rather than subscribe to scientific magazines. This is of course understandable but very dangerous.
The fall of scientific authority is largely an effect of social media development where truth and reliable knowledge often it’s not as attractive as nicely decorated nonsense.
