Samo odstupanje postalo je deo ujednačenosti. Svi danas moraju biti "nešto posebno", a da se ne ističu na bilo koji način. Odstupanje je dosadno. Kada je individualizam lagodnost, i konformizam postaje individualističan.

Heidegger’s concept for the kind of being we ourselves are is Dasein. Literally it means ‘being-there’.We are the sort of beings who are there, in the world. What characterizes Dasein is that its existence is a concern for it in its existence.

Traditions brings continuity to one’s existence, but this sort of continuity is precisely what has been increasingly lostthroughout modernity.

We spontaneously relate to ourselves and the world by means of the technical object.

Self-identity is inextricably bound up with the identity of the surroundings.

Traditions have been replaced by lifestyles.

Folk bør ha rett til å fremsette feilaktige eller avskyelige påstander, men man er da også i sin fulle rett til å hevde at det de sier er feilaktig og avskyelig.

In order to live a meaningful life,humans need answers, i.e., a certain understanding of basic existential questions. These ‘answers’ do not have to be made completely explicit, as a lack of words does not necessarily indicate a lack of understanding, but one has to able to place oneself in the world and build a relatively stable identity. The founding of such an identity is only possible if one can tell a relatively coherent story about who one has been and who one intends to be.

Anthropocentrism gave rise to boredom, and when anthropomorphism was replaced by technocentrism, boredom became even more profound.

Animals can be understimulated, but hardly bored.