Overview
- At Teatro Jovellanos in Gijón, the 2025 Princesa de Asturias laureate delivered an extended public talk framed by live renditions of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, defining truth as what endures and enables shared life.
- He publicly rejected a biographical claim that Heidegger drew him to Germany, calling it “fake news,” and said Bach was the decisive influence on his move and his practice of philosophy.
- Han argued that neoliberalism exploits freedom through self‑exploitation, warned that a revolution is unlikely because people feel free, and predicted that capitalism will eventually implode.
- Meeting students at IES Universidad Laboral on Wednesday, he urged reclaiming inaction in education, criticized schools as neoliberal enterprises, and told pupils to make time for walking, thinking, and nature.
- He cautioned that smartphones can enslave users and said artificial intelligence could become a new master, repeated his “cattle” metaphor for consumerism, and quipped that the school should invest in a better concert grand piano.