Philosopher, Culture Theorist Byung-Chul Han's Commencement Speech 

indeed, german has wwords that mean un group of words in another language.

O cara é uma maquina de reflexões. Sensacional!

on seems to be more forceful than about. this reflected in the language since to be on something is much more intimate and can require more power, than to simply be “about” or around, not having to invest as much of yourself. it also seems to have more of an imperative quality. thinking “about” the object means that it is a concern, but not necessarily *the* concern. anyone can think about an object, but it takes more effort and craft to make the object the complete center of attention. you could also look at it in another way, where “thinking on the object” literally means applying/imbuing “thinking” (noun form, i.e ones thoughts and worldview) onto the object itself. i don’t think the phrase itself literally means this but it captures this sentiment which Han ends up expressing later on anyway.

@@seismicdna Thanks for answering. The second interpretation-"imbuing thinking onto the object itself"-is interesting even if it wasn't necessarily his intention. The first interpretation was also sort of what I was thinking, but it seems like just a poetic way of saying "think about the object just really intensely..."

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Imagine the pillow talk from this man.

Yo for real. How about you and I share an apartment in Hungary. We just go after these babes night after night ??

the cameraman probably thought the same, he kept focusing in this cluster of "dream women" throughout the whole video!

Neoliberalism is a system of beliefs and principles loosely resumed by the concept that anything can be turned into a private enterprise and a product, from classic stuff like car manufacturing, to more abstract concepts Iike education. To say it's a regime is because it has established itself as a ruling system by which we operate without freedom of choice or any real power over it, examples being when during the second half of the 20th century private companies would establish dictatorships and authoritarian regimes in third world countries in order to get lower costs of production. A neoliberal regime is then the global system of capitalist economies that transcend frontiers, as companies hold power over governments, social causes, etc. Everything being turned into profit, everything under the power of capitalist monopolies and the derived consequences brought from it.

@@reinapiratayquepaha "A neoliberal regime is then the global system of capitalist economies that transcend frontiers, as companies hold power over governments, social causes, etc. Everything being turned into profit, everything under the power of capitalist monopolies and the derived consequences brought from it." Then no such thing exists; look at tariffs, border controls, and the fact that everything isn't a monopoly, and the fact no country allows the commodification of everything. Neoliberal seems to be a thing that people who introduce market reforms are called, especially when the market reforms don't work out so well. Governments are much more powerful than corporations, they are the ones that have the monopoly on violence, ultimately.

@@Tassadar606 If you think violence is the highest form of power you need to read Han 🙂

He certainly sounds interesting! Perhaps I will! I especially like his take on productivity trraps...

Neoliberalism: Economic austerity for non-elites; abundance and socialism for the über-wealthy and extreme scarcity and brutal competition for the economically exploited majority. At its base lies American ‘rugged individualism’ birthed by the religious extremism of Calvinism and Puritanism.