Truth, respect, and loyalty have become symbols of weakness. This was stated by psychiatrist Léon Wurmser and adopted by Byung-Chul Han in the essay Disrespect: A Social Crisis (Edicions 62, and Paidós in Spanish). Donald Trump, the most powerful man in the world, perfectly embodies lies, mockery, and disloyalty: shamelessness (lack of shame) or, as the author says, "demoralizing hypermoralism" of an arrogant petulant. Right now, one only needs to see what he is doing with Ukraine.

Production + consumption, information + communication. What lies beyond these two overwhelming common-law couples that have us trapped and impose a frenetic pace of life on us? Do we, as humans of the 21st century, retain anything spiritual, transcendent? Is there any possibility of silent, non-instrumental beauty in our lives?