Constantly grinning, he declares himself to be depressing. His flexible sharp mind registers and reflects on everything surrounding him: Everyday events, his beloved German language, suddenly the Dutch language, past TYPO talks and of course himself. He reports about his experience of himself as a character and argues about personal identity.
He shows us the bottomless aphoristic potential of Twitter and simultaneously expresses doubts about it. He is in the process of learning how to shift from academic life to another world and of seeing his Twitter philosophy change its context and transfer to print. His book will be published soon. Or is already published. “Turning something into nothing”? Or vice versa. Who knows. Who cares. History will judge. And, for sure, we all die.

 

While you are still alive please enjoy Eric’s witticisms:

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