We live in a time when it is crucial to meditate, but also, as Bernard Stiegler put it, “an emergency whose urgency means that it precisely excludes meditation”. Reading is a form of meditation, a form of thinking and feeling. It is a way of challenging time. Let’s read together in these next twelve months: twelve books that challenge time and provide therapy for climate madness.

This series of book reflections and reviews is conducted by Mario Veen, an interdisciplinary philosopher and writer who is fascinated by global weirding. Mario is the host of the podcast Life From Plato’s Cave and the author of ‘Hoe Plato je uit je grot sleurt’ . Over the next twelve months, a new book review is published each month on Future Based. Additionally, two reading groups will be organized in the upcoming year to come together and discuss books, but more specifically: Climate Madness.

In 2025, three reading groups will be held at a beautiful location, where the books covered will be discussed and analyzed. Follow us on social media to stay updated!