Johannes Eisleben

Johannes Eisleben is a pseudonym. The author is a mathematician and philosopher working as an essayist. Since 2017, he has published numerous articles and essays both in German- and English-speaking media on the profound crisis of Western societies, as well as theory of science. He is a Lutheran and lives in Bavaria with his wife and children.

The question of evil revisited

Johannes Eisleben

Unrestrained power enables the triumph of evil in Western societies, and it is not yet clear when this process will be stopped. It could take the rest of our lives.

What is transhumanism?

Johannes Eisleben

Transhumanists are overawed by maths. They do not understand the scope of physics and engineering. They have no idea of the limits to biology. Transhumanism is bound to fail because its ideas cannot be achieved—they are technically unfeasible, and ...

The Crisis of Western Political Systems

Johannes Eisleben

For the first time in three and a half centuries, the centre cannot hold. How did we choose the ‘road to serfdom’ afresh?