Romantics, Our Time Is Now!Tim LeberechteDay, Amsterdam, October 6th, 2016@timleberecht

"Die Welt muss romantisiert werden.So findet man den ursprünglichen Sinn wieder.“

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"Die Welt muss romantisiert werden.So findet man den ursprünglichen Sinn wieder.“

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"Die Welt muss romantisiert werden.So findet man den ursprünglichen Sinn wieder.“

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Richer, college-educated people areworking more than they did 30 years ago.The Atlantic

Only 30% of employees worldwideare fully engaged at work.Gallup

22% of workers from European Unioncountries suffer from stress at work.Fourth European Working Conditions Survey

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Subjectivity

Suffering

Mystery

Emotion

Transcendence

Ephemerality

Inconsistency

SerendipityAmbiguity

Unpredictability

Subjectivity

Suffering

Mystery

Emotion

Transcendence

Ephemerality

Inconsistency

SerendipityAmbiguity

Unpredictability

Focus Features

Whatmakesusspecial?

Whatmakes

ushuman?

Romance

The enemies of the business romantic

Rules of Enchantment

1. Find the Great in the Small

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The opposite of loneliness is not togetherness, it's intimacy.” Richard Bach

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“A smile is a door half-open and half-closed.” Jennifer Egan

2. Keep the Mystique

Ephemeral media

Dezeen

L.A. Weeekly

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Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality

3. Suffer (a Little)

“But I don’t want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.” Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

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