Druhá derivace touhy 2: Na prahu digitální teologie – Sedláček Tomáš (2020)

The second part of the trilogy of reflections by economist Tomáš Sedláček on the topics and events of recent years. The book timelessly comments on events that have touched us all during our lives. However, Tomáš Sedláček perceives them in a fundamentally different, fresh way: he views politics and economics through the lens of philosophy, theology, and psychology, enjoys finding our reflection in films and stories, traces the origins of events back to ancient myths, and contemplates Czech greatness in a small Europe or the catharsis experienced by Western civilization. His admirably broad scope and breathtaking style have made him a globetrotter, a sought-after speaker across the planet in a very wide range of professional fields. The first part of the trilogy was nominated for the Magnesia Litera award for journalism. "Lateral thinking, the willingness to traverse disciplines, doctrines, and dogmas, is one of the few remaining ways to shake the certainties of a society that, according to Václav Havel's dark vision, is hurtling towards its own demise. Tomáš Sedláček resists this self-propulsion and thus dignifiedly follows in the footsteps of the pioneers of lateral thinking. We can look forward not only to the intellectual pleasure of a fireworks display of ideas and the juggling ability to keep them all in the air simultaneously, but above all to the material for...