When was the last time you were thinking about what you are actually consuming? 

Every day, we are bombarded with news and advertisements, making us feel increasingly detached from our emotions. Buried under advertisements for the latest micro trend, I see my brain screaming for help, overwhelmed by all the bad news. 

So, fleeing into the safety of our like-minded bubbles online makes it easy to forget the world around us, but also that there are other opinions and views as well. 

But like Hegel said: “Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights.” 

Therefore, being open-minded towards each other’s opinion or at least respectful is becoming more and more important, especially when people start to feel too comfortable behind their anonymous online persona, removing the fear of consequences. This shield allows users to abandon social norms, creating dangerous, dehumanized environments.

So, let us become more mindful in our actions and read the articles of this edition with conscience.

Nelli Winzer