Die etwas langatmigen Einführungen in das Gesamtwerk, sowie in die einzelnen Tage und Geschichten, sind im Interesse einer strafferen Gestaltung des Werkes für heutige Menschen gekürzt worden, ohne daß dabei wesentliche Bestandteile weggelasen wurden.
Johannes von Guenther: Vorwort zu Giovanni Boccaccio: Das Decameron (1957)
The question »Oh, you are still using x?« seems incredibly common nowadays.
Can you still be an intellectual if you curse and write text messages consisting only of emojis?
Make a note in your history books: In 2014 even The Lego Movie criticizes surveillance, monopolies, voting machines and uniformity.
Too bad though, that gender norms are one of the few constructions the movie does not take apart.
Looking at a village is seen by many people as looking at the past. As nostalgia. In the past, studying the past has led to great innovations. In a changing time, where some developments grind to a halt, looking back at history may be the most important thing you can do.
Bert Kisjes & Carin Giesen: New times for the villages / Nieuwe Dorpen / Neue Zeiten für die Dörfer
