SMP LeaderTalks

#36 | more cuddling

31. August 2023

Georgiy Michailov meets Wolf Lotter

About the art of positive argument culture, utopias, capitalism and why performance must be worthwhile.

54 Min

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"Performance must be worthwhile," "Utopians are lazy sods," or "Harmony is for people without arguments." Pithy words. Strong opinions. And a clear stance. Behind these pithy theses is Wolf Lotter: journalist, author, podcaster and co-founder of the business magazine "brand eins." He is not only known for not mincing his words, but also for his thoroughly provocative views. He talks about some of them in this SMP LeaderTalk with Georgiy Michailov. 

The two have an inspiring conversation about the pursuit of harmony, the tense German relationship with capitalism, and current political problems. They also talk about Lotter's thesis on why performance must finally be worthwhile again. Lotter explains his opinion of utopians and they deal with typical German phenomena such as looking back or bureaucratic madness.

*Video only in German

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