How is it that in every short break the day offers us, we immediately look at our phones and distract ourselves? Have we simply become too lazy to do nothing?
Horst Evers explores this question in short, very funny stories from the here and now. He encounters cats that receive his packages, toasters that plan our future, and nuns that explain artificial intelligence to him. He tells stories from his time as a band bassist, his encounter with Steven Spielberg, and the loudest traffic calming in the world. And not only when he admires construction workers for their professional and persistent concern as they intently look into a hole in the ground, does he wonder, "Should we not use our time for open-ended idleness instead of doing nothing of importance in every free second?" With plenty of humor, unexpected twists, warmth, and genuinely justified optimism, Horst Evers takes us on a journey through our strange present. In stories that offer not a single piece of advice, but help us nonetheless – or perhaps because of it.
"Insightful, humorous, and sharp ... A gifted storyteller." NDR
