We live in the age of means. They are everywhere: means of transport, communication, information. We are completely surrounded by our own creations. We spend most of our time inside buildings. And the ceiling isn't really the heavens. The light is not the sun. And the air conditioning is not the wind. Furthermore, we spend about half of the time we are awake in front of computer screens, mobile phones or TVs. We miss nature: the water, the forests, the clouds, the wind. We also miss the silent universe hidden inside us: in the noise of the media and the daily rush of work, we often fail to hear the subtle signals of our bodies. We need to get closer to ourselves again. But how to do it? Jan Markoš's book and the discussion will try to answer this question.
Ján Markoš, chess grandmaster, lecturer in critical thinking and author of the bestseller The Power of Reason in a Crazy Time, is an exceptional author who combines philosophy, history and scientific experiments while using understandable language.
Jana Močková graduated in journalism at the Comenius University in Bratislava. She started her career at Radio Devín, from 2010 to 2014 she was an editor at SME‘s culture section. She has worked at Denník N since its foundation. She mainly covers topics in the field of art, architecture and cultural policy. In 2018, she received two nominations for the Journalism Award in the interview and reportage categories.
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