“important today” on Thursday, May 6: in the strudel “alternative media”

“important today” on Thursday, May 6: in the strudel “alternative media”

A third of Germans believe they live in a sham democracy. Such thinking is promoted by “alternative media”. The journalist Hans Demmel spent half a year in this alternative world and says: “It is almost impossible to get someone out of this negative vortex.”

Germany as an occupied country ruled by reptilian people led by Bill Gates and so on. Such “alternatives” Unfortunately, information is increasing from year to year: More forums, websites, telegram chats that deliberately spread false news and thus unsettle and isolate people. The journalist and media manager Hans Demmel entered this bubble for an experiment and only consumed alternative media for half a year. He says: “A democratic society can only function if there is a basic consensus on shared information and shared values.” But this is simply no longer available for many people: “It is almost impossible to get someone out of this negative vortex.” This would not only lead to an undermining of democracy, but also harbored another danger: “Aggressive physical violence by people in whom these texts, these seeds sprout in a very terrible way.”

Meeting-free Fridays

The weekend is approaching, the last e-mails have been written and the children are already climbing and wanting to get out, but then there is this one meeting at 5 p.m. Listen, nod well, serve time. tiresome. Anyone who works for Europe’s largest software group SAP may soon be experiencing such Fridays for the last time. Because SAP has announced that it wants to abolish all conferences, telephone and video switching on Fridays. What initially sounds like a long weekend is primarily aimed at performance. The SAP HR manager Younosi explained that they wanted to work with this so-called “Focus Friday” Make sure the staff on Friday “could work hard on things”so less distraction, more efficiency.

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