Returning to the place where I graduated 21 years ago felt both strange and beautiful. This time at Carnegie Mellon University, I didn’t speak about finance, but about something that fascinates me more and more: the art hidden within mathematics. The lecture The Art in Mathematics – God’s Signature in Numbers is an invitation to reflect on whether numbers might contain a certain order—perhaps even the signature of something greater than ourselves.

Technological progress keeps giving us new possibilities, yet it also reveals how easily space can lose its humanity—and with it, our ability to feel at home. That’s why architecture remains one of the quietest, yet most powerful tools we have.

We live in a time when the world is connecting faster than we can perceive. Technology shortens distances but, at the same time, often separates us from the natural rhythm of life.

We live in a time when technology shapes our world faster than we can keep up. Artificial intelligence promises comfort, efficiency, and progress—yet it opens questions that touch the very essence of being human. Where is the line between what serves us and what begins to control us?

We live in a time when our society is divided, full of conflict, and it isn't easy to have a genuine dialogue. Much of this stems from unresolved trauma — both personal and collective. That's precisely what I discussed with my guest on the Talks 21 podcast, Zdeněk Weber — Director of the Institute for Healing and Prevention of Trauma and founder of the projects Síla duše and Mužský kruh.

Everything is connected. That line can sound like a cliché—until it’s said by someone who has devoted more than 30 years to studying the fundamental nature of the universe. Nassim Haramein— a theoretical physicist, visionary, and founder of the International Space Federation—offers a perspective that links quantum physics, gravity, and consciousness.

Zajímá vás pohled člověka, který systematicky zpochybňuje zaběhlé pořádky a nabízí odvážné alternativy fungování společnosti? Právě takový přináší můj třetí host podcastu Talks 21 – Urza. Autor první české knihy o anarchokapitalismu, zakladatel a tvář Svobodného přístavu, učitel ve svobodné škole Ježek bez klece, publicista a výrazný propagátor myšlenky, že skutečná svoboda začíná u respektu k vlastnickým právům a sebevlastnictví.

"Let love for people be your highest standard." These words of Confucius are also the guiding principles of our guest today, Jakub Zeman - a Japanologist, writer, translator, but above all, a man who has adopted traditional samurai values into his life.

"My calling is to be happy, and my mission is to inspire others to be happy." These words of Josef "Joska" Šálek may sound like a cliché. But when spoken by a man who has overcome addictions, fears, health issues, a stint in prison and a nine-hour plank, they sound very different.