Which Freedom?

Which Freedom?

In this episode, a short, creative reflection on freedom is presented, written for a magazine for young people.

“In recent months I have read two long book reviews in influential magazines that reflect a growing consensus: that human freedom is an illusion. I cannot grasp the consequences of this statement and take refuge in satire to find relief. Scientists around the world agree that freedom is an illusion, and now wonder what meaning this insight can actually have – since they do not know exactly under what conditions it came about. Thinking stumbles, spinning in free fall.

I try to pick a little piece of eggshell out of the egg white, but every time I poke my finger into it, it is pushed away. I am an artist who draws the world. But when I try to draw myself, the graphite turns to rubber and erases my contours. I am a hidden gaze from nowhere. I live in a medium that directs world consciousness while isolating self-knowledge; in a substance that reveals a world to me but hides myself. As for me: the celebrated conclusions of thinking only bring out the riddles that they claim to solve.”

English | Subtitles · DE · EN
Publication: 7 November 2025