Provocative theory

How we can save the world: Back to 1978?

Global warming, energy crisis, misery - just bad news wherever you look. Many people have long since had enough. But what can we actually do to guarantee our future and that of our children? One particularly provocative solution caused a heated debate when it was presented at the Carinthia Science Association.

The "do-gooder conference", as cabaret artist Thomas Maurer wittily called it, is the top management symposium of the Carinthian Science Association, where scientists, politicians, entrepreneurs and interested parties have been meeting for 29 years in the mystical Abbey of Rosazzo near Udine, Italy, to discuss current issues as broadly and openly as possible. According to the motto: "How does the future work?" And this year there were particularly provocative questions: "Back to 1978 or a new start?"