• otherness is diseppearing, we live in a time that is poor in negativity. neuronal illnesses of 21st century deriving from excess of posivity. harm also come from positivity - not just from other but also from the same. medusa is other in extreme form - standing for radical alterity.
• depression, ADHD, burnout syndrome point to excess positivity. burnout occurs when the ego overheats which follows from too much same. 21st century is no longer discipline but achievement society - not obedience but achievement subjects. unlimited can is the positive modal verb of achievement society - creates depressives and losers - depressed individual is unable to measure up, tired of becoming himself.
• nothing is possible can only occur in a society that thinks nothing is impossible. recent social developments bring humanity into deeper wilderness - bullying has reached pandemic dimensions. society of achievement - activeness generates excessive tiredness and exhaustion. the modal verb in achievement society is not should but can.