Richard David Precht
Richard David Precht (b. 1964) is a philosopher, writer, and essayist for various German newspapers, including the weekly Die Zeit. He gained fame for his popular science books, especially Who Am I – And If So, How Many?, an introduction to philosophy with the latest findings in neuroscience, which has sold 1 million copies and been translated into 23 languages.
A lukewarm election campaign is burbling boringly through the Berlin autumn. Politicians in deep sleep, inveighs the indignant German press, which is looking in vain for a chancellorship duel with some political substance. No wonder, opines Richard David Precht in Die Zeit: the hyper-individualised, blasé German voter only votes for one candidate: himself.