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A wise man once said, that you never come home as the one you were, once you left. And now I am in a state that enables me to confirm this.

The county is changing and one can feel the change. It is visible in dogs, weapons, heavy cars, trouble with fuel and gas, troule with the economy, unsatisfied people of all classes. It is on the news and it is in the streets.

We had a revolution here in Egypt. This could be described as somehow an important event for each individual in this country, especially for the foreigners. And this might lead to the fact, that the people, once again especially the foreigners, look slightly different onto the things now. And they might also perceive in a different way.

Once I was a relaxed guy whom’s mantra was it, that the world won’t stop turning and that all the people have their sorrows, fears and problems, which leads them to act in a certain way. Well, I still believe this, but it does not help me any more.

Maybe it is the age, maybe it was the last year, maybe it is the current time. Whatever it is, it fucking drove me much more serious. And I am not sure, if I will get used to it. But at least the wonderful singing bird is back! Some things did not change!

Once again it happend that I stumbled upon a “share” on Facebook. People are told to cough in case of a heart attack. And people who study at an University share this without spending a second thinking about it.

Folks! There is more information in the world than could actually be true. Therefore not every information is an information. Sometimes it helps to use the grey thing between the ears for its original purpose: to think! And once someone used it, it might turn out as a bad idea to share everything to tell the world how much knowledge one has…

Egypt suffers one tragedy following the other. Safe part of the tragedy is death and sorrow. This is the part we see.

The part we do not see but perceive if we want to is the way this tragedy is handled. No side is looking for a solution but instead blames the other side. This can’t work.

The poverty is increasing, the tourists stay away, the government has no real solutions and the military just wants to preserve their power. For the next months I expect it to become even worse. There must be a real, from everyone accepted, change to come out of this. And this in not possible at the moment.

Democracy is not for free. It needs time and effort. And the word democracy is an empty hull, that has to be filled with meaning. Good luck Egypt.

Religion is as old as mankind. And there are different kind of believers. There are the ones who believe in God and his laws, given to us by the prophets. And there are the ones who believe in something bigger than us, something or someone who did all the things which enabled mankind to grow. Whatever the reason is, that makes people to believe something – it is their reason and I do not want to discuss this nor to draw it in question.

But to make the perspective clear: I do not believe in God and the prophets, but I do not know if there is something bigger than us. The universe without a beginning and an end is unimaginable as well.

The thing I want to talk about is the advantage and disadvantage of religion. The obvious advantage is, that religion gives authority and the ability for the leaders, to spell the last word. Because the inspiration was given by God and therefore from the highest thinkable authority. And beeing so, it is easier to organize a state and to govern the people. And it works pretty good because all the people can understand the given laws and normally follow these laws given by the highest authority.

The disadvantage is, that people might meet their personal thinking borders within a certain time. If somebody believes in a hightest authority which knows all the answers and which will point out the way, somebody may not need the thinking tools to analyze situations and to use the own brain to create a path sb can follow on.

So in a certain situation religion is very useful to organize and govern a state. After a certain time religion will become the anchor that keeps the ship in the save harbour without the possibility to meet new horizons.

As time moves on and things are developing, also religion needs development. The thing with religion, as most people understand it, is, that it does not allow any developments. Given by nature.

Of coures there was long-term development at all times. Each religion appeared at a certain time to fulfill a certain task. And all the prophets had the needs of the people in mind. Development takes always time. But maybe we need a prophet.

…Egypt. And of course as well to the rest of the world.We will see, what the year will bring. I do not expect any better than the last few thousand.

The reason for this just left my office. I had a very interesting discussion with a student concerning human errors.

Nobody is free of these errrors. The problem is the lack of ability to admit them. For several reasons. One of these reasons is, that we can’t see them. For several reasons. Sometimes we can’t see them because we do not want to see them. And this is the tricky thing.

It takes some energy to find an opening in the own cocoon to slip through to see the big colorful picture. And once we see the big colorful picture it might happen, that we detect the errors in it. But the cocoon protects us and makes the world easier for us.

The cocoon keeps all the prejudices and half-knowledge and hypocrisy we have inside and therefore makes the world easier to understand. And the cocoon keeps away all these realities and facts, which would make our life a bit more uncomfortable. It takes a real effort to leave the cocoon against all antagonism of society and culture to gain a free sight onto the picture.

This is human. This is part of our ancient heritage. Even if we developed a complex brain, we still have to stick to the same thinking and perception tools. Bad luck. But maybe we should spend some effort to try it. Makes things more difficult but the possibility that two people find the same base to talk to each other and to understand each other is much higher. And of course, Designer need this way of thinking as an essential tool. Self-explanatory.