If you hope this article talks about parallel universes, as proposed by theoretical physics and science fiction, then you will be disappointed. But unfortunately, we are faced with a very real threat from alternate realities. The main difference is that these alternate realities are completely congruent with our own; they just differ in people’s minds. […]
For most of the EU, nothing has changed due to Brexit. We go on with our busy lives and the pandemic currently occupies most of our attention. Why bother with Brexit anyway, when the economy suffers either way and in much worse ways than Brexit ever could? In a way, Brexiteers were spared a lot […]
Humble beginnings On January 5th 2018, Euro Babble officially had its soft-launch and our website went live. At the time we launched with only a single article I wrote myself and a few caricatures from one of our early contributors. We had big plans and we had already assembled a large group of student volunteers […]
Last night I suddenly received several messages and phone calls. Shots were heard at Schwedenplatz in Vienna. It was not officially confirmed for a long time, but through private channels the latest information spread within seconds and we knew there were several crime scenes and it was a terrorist attack, perpetrated by radical Islamists. In […]
For years the European Central Bank has been promising Europe and the world that a digital Euro would eventually be introduced into circulation. So far it has been nothing but hot air, but that could soon change. The European Commission has officially put the Digital Euro on its action calendar and Central Banks, like the […]
“White culture is boring.” You hear this a lot in the Anglo-American sphere of the world. But this viewpoint is entirely reserved for the Anglo-American sphere. The rest of us – in continental Europe, for example – feel quite alienated by it. Because we don’t think of ourselves as “White people”. It may make sense […]
This is your editor in-chief. I don’t normally talk to you directly. News outlets rarely do. Most of the time, we try to keep a neutral and objective style and tone to our articles, even though every article we publish undoubtedly has a core message in it. Usually it’s the same message: Think for yourself. […]
Depending on where you are in the world, your life might be looking very different right now. If you are in China, you are probably relieved that the Coronavirus outbreak has done its worst for now, but afraid of additional waves coming in from other countries. If you live in Europe, you are probably experiencing […]
We’ve talked about how dangerous ideas have a tendency of spreading in dangerous times, when people panic and abandon all reason. But there is more to it than just dangerous ideologies and policies. Panic can also open us up to dangerous and downright ridiculous news and information. The current coronavirus epidemic has led to the […]
How do you know you are living in dangerous times? Is it the hysterical headlines in the news? Hardly, the news is always dramatising everything that happens around us. Dangerous times are times when the stability and balance of international norms and institutions are threatened. What truly determines the danger of our time is the […]