Goodnight Questions
Wenn ich als Bub nicht einschlafen konnte, stellte ich mir eine interessante Frage – etwas, über das ich nachdenken konnte, bis ich eine zufriedenstellende Antwort fand oder – häufiger – endlich doch wegschlummerte. Viele dieser Fragen blieben mir über die Jahre im Kopf. Auf einige hab ich bis heute keine Antwort, und es kommen laufend neue dazu. Ich poste sie alle hier auf der Website, und als Videos auf YouTube. Vielleicht findert ihr darauf gute Antworten? Falls ja, postet sie gerne dort als Kommentar. Und falls nicht, dann hoffe ich, dass sie euch immerhin beim Einschlafen helfen.
2026-2-9
Would you have given yourself the job you have?
2026-2-8
What is worse: being cynical or being naïve?
2026-2-7
2026-2-6
What bothers you more: the possibility of a black hole appearing in the sky, or the possibility of a skin-coloured hole appearing in your sock?
2026-2-5
Why does the German language have three words to say «why»?
2026-2-4
By when, approximately, do you think you will be completely forgotten?
2026-2-3
What speaks against an EU2 with Norway, Switzerland and England?
2026-2-2
If you were 10% better at everything you do – would your life be better?
2026-2-1
If you could illegitimately seize power over everything and keep it for the rest of your life — would you?
2026-1-31
Why do people with hair wear a hat?
2026-1-30
Is the joke that makes you laugh the most also the one you tell most often?
2026-1-29
If an AI could give you the perfect solution to everything – would you prompt it to do so?
2026-1-28
If God didn’t believe in you, would you still believe in him?
2026-1-27
Is there any human invention – other than palliatives – that truly made us happier?
2026-1-26
Would you like to be better informed – or would you prefer to get less information?
2026-1-25
How much money would you need to become unhappy?
2026-1-24
If you had the power to kill someone with a simple tap on your phone, unnoticed – would you make use of it?
2026-1-23
Is it possible to tattoo your eyes? And if yes, would you want to?
2026-1-22
What would you protest against? What would it take for you to take to the streets?
2026-1-21
What is the worst thing that could happen to you? What is the best? And which of the two is more likely to happen?
2026-1-20
If you had to get rid of one particular emotion forever, which one would it be?
2026-1-19
Which of your moral standards are you willing to sacrifice to fun?
2026-1-18
If you had to eat the same thing for the rest of your life, what would you be having?
2026-1-17
If you lived in another place, under another name – what would you do differently?
2026-1-16
How many sentences can you still read before interrupting yourself?
2026-1-15
What crime would you commit if it weren’t a crime?
2026-1-14
How much of humankind’s time on Earth has already passed?
2026-1-13
If you could be reborn as either a kiwi bird or a kiwi plant — which would you choose?
2026-1-12
If you were to completely forget one specific year of your life – which year would you pick?
2026-1-11
If there really should be a Judgement Day – would it be a day you’d look forward to, or one you would fear?
2026-1-10
If you think about an argument deeply enough – do you come out on the other side?
2026-1-9
Would you wear a pullover you really like if you knew it had been worn by someone you hate?
2026-1-8
Why do we publicly mourn people who die in a major catastrophe, but not those who lose their lives in a smaller accident that is just as tragic?
2026-1-7
What’s the bigger threat to society: a lack of intelligence or a lack of virtue?
2026-1-6
Would you rather be an advocate or a judge?
2026-1-5
Could one single tax – on each and every transaction of money – replace all other taxes?
2026-1-4
Who do you typically applaud? People who are better than you? Or People who struggle to match your abilities?
2026-1-3
If white contains all colours, why do we call it blank?
2026-1-2
What is your biggest problem?
2026-1-1
When, do you think, will you really get going?
2025-12-31
Do you think of midnight as an end or a beginning? Is it 12:00 o’clock or 0:00 o’clock?
2025-12-30
Would you prefer to live your life backwards, get younger and younger, and die as a shrinking fetus?
2025-12-29
Would you like to always be in control? Or do you enjoy a slippery slope now and then?
2025-12-28
Do you help others more than they help you?
2025-12-27
Would you rather live in a world without paintings or one without music?
2025-12-26
Do you prefer triangles or rectangles? Why?
2025-12-25
How much do you like yourself compared to other people?
2025-12-24
What else would you need to be truly happy?
2025-12-23
What exactly is coffee cream?
2025-12-22
Would you rather be praised for the wrong reasons, or criticized for the right ones?
2025-12-21
What is easier? Doing the right thing or doing the wrong thing?
2025-12-20
Which scientific field has the bigger impact on your life: a) macroeconomics, or b) microbiology?
2025-12-19
Do you prefer nonfiction or fiction? Why?
2025-12-18
How would you behave differently if your life were live-streamed 24/7?
2025-12-17
Would you say that children’s drawings are more comparable to classical painting or to contemporary art?
2025-12-16
What is your favourite country on the planet? And is it the same as ten years ago?
2025-12-15
Does God have a sense of humour? What if He burst out laughing?
2025-12-14
If you could press a button and know everything, would you?
2025-12-13
Will the last Homo sapiens realize that she or he is the last?
2025-12-12
Do «born-again» Christians celebrate two birthdays every year?
2025-12-11
Have you read this book? (https://www.harpercollins.de/products/abglanz)
2025-12-10
If there really were a Saviour – from what would you want to be saved?
2025-12-9
What takeaways could someone gain from analyzing your life?
2025-12-8
Would you still be alive today without modern medicine?
2025-12-7
Which scenario is more appalling: a big fish swallowing lots of little fish – or lots of little fish attacking a single big one?
2025-12-6
Would you prefer Santa Claus to really exist?
2025-12-5
Would you get used to snow being black?
2025-12-4
Are there people who go to bed early – and get up late the next morning?
2025-12-3
Is the time of your life behind you, or is it still ahead?
2025-12-2
If your life could be 10% worse but 10% longer, would you take the deal?
2025-12-1
How many things could there be for you to always stay on top of things?
2025-11-30
What’s a question you’ve always wanted an answer to?
2025-11-29
Is it still cool to be cool?
2025-11-28
Is there a word you would never say?
2025-11-27
Would the world be different today if Al Gore and Hillary Clinton had been presidents?
2025-11-26
If you come up with an amazing idea and then discover it isn’t new — does that make your idea less valuable?
2025-11-25
What is — for you — the most pressing question right now?
2025-11-24
If everything – the entire world – were of the same colour, what colour would you prefer?
2025-11-23
If tomorrow (Monday) could be skipped, would you skip it?
2025-11-22
50 years from now, what will be your country’s most prosperous industry?
2025-11-21
How many years does your hair dye make you look younger?
2025-11-20
What was the most courageous moment in your life?
2025-11-19
If you knew you would be King or Queen, would you support aristocracy?
2025-11-18
Does anyone become a dentist voluntarily?
2025-11-17
Is it even possible to be dead?
2025-11-16
If you could drink only one thing besides water — what would it be?
2025-11-15
How seriously does God take Himself/Herself/Itself?
2025-11-14
If Putin occupied a fifth of your country — would you let him have it to avoid a war?
2025-11-13
Do you expect the next generation to be happier? Do you think the previous one was?
2025-11-12
When you slurp an oyster, are you eating a living animal?
2025-11-11
If you were to find the meaning of life — what would you do with it?
2025-11-10
Would the world be better if people said «yes» more often – or if they more often said «no»?
2025-11-9
Should you (be allowed to) work on Sundays?
2025-11-8
What – after «Mortadella» – is the most beautiful word in Italian?
2025-11-7
Should we replace democracy with epistocracy?
2025-11-6
If you can «reach out» to others, can you also reach in to yourself?
2025-11-5
How often do you break the law? Would you encourage others to do it just as often?
2025-11-4
Is it time for us Westerners to develop an inferiority complex?
2025-11-3
Is it okay to watch a cat toy with a half-dead mouse?
2025-11-2
How would you define love and hate?
2025-11-1
2025-10-31
Do schizophrenic people deserve more than one gravestone?
2025-10-30
What time is it on Mars?
2025-10-29
Would you mind if the sky were green, and the grass were blue instead?
2025-10-28
When you’re sick, do you become a better person?
2025-10-27
If you were guaranteed that your death would be a very satisfying and enjoyable experience, would you still fear it?
2025-10-26
If you do something horrible in a dream – should you feel guilty?
2025-10-25
In a fair society, should it be possible to become a billionaire?
2025-10-24
Which politicians are dreaming of a white supremacist Christmas?
2025-10-23
Why do almost all people look better in black?
2025-10-22
Why do we shave off body hair but are afraid of losing the hair on our heads?
2025-10-21
Which god, which goddess has the most credibility?
2025-10-20
Would you rather start something that you won’t be able to finish, or finish something that you haven’t started?
2025-10-19
On what day of the week do you burn the most calories?
2025-10-18
Thrown into a Stone Age world naked, how long would you survive?
2025-10-17
Why isn’t pink part of the rainbow? Would you add it if you could?
2025-10-16
If garlic could ward off energy suckers, would you eat more of it?
2025-10-15
To create a fully vegetarian world, would it be okay to eradicate all meat-eating species?
2025-10-14
Does Tom Cruise have a second facial expression?
2025-10-13
Will there ever be another world war?
2025-10-12
How earthquake-proof are your castles in the air?
2025-10-11
If you could install a 5th season – what would it be like?
2025-10-10
If you are an asshole – can you tell whether somebody else is?
2025-10-9
What would you not do for a billion in cash?
2025-10-8
How would Tina Turner paint? How would William Turner sing?
2025-10-7
2025-10-6
Is it okay for a sadist to torture a masochist?
2025-10-5
Can you think of any historical example of democracy working well in a country that was in economic decline?
2025-10-4
Would you rather be a freak, a geek, or a sheikh?
2025-10-3
If plastic surgery could really make you look younger (I don’t think it can!) – how much younger exactly would you want to look?
2025-10-2
What is more important: how a house looks from the outside, or how it feels on the inside?
2025-10-1
If you were a blank page — who would you want to write on it?
2025-9-30
Does life become easier or harder with age?
2025-9-29
Will the buildings we build today attract tourists 500 years from now?
2025-9-28
If you were God, and your job (among many others) were to create human beings – would you create something like yourself?
2025-9-27
What would the be quickest way to ruin your existence – without breaking the law?
2025-9-26
Can life ever be fair as long as we are different from each other?
2025-9-25
If you agree that Beethoven, Mozart or Bach were the greatest composers of all time – why don’t you listen to them?
2025-9-24
If you could get a second life – would you take it?
2025-9-23
What is more important: To end war or to sleep more?
2025-9-22
Do you think you will feel better 24 hours from now, or worse?
2025-9-21
If you were one of just two people on this planet – who would you pick as your companion?
2025-9-20
What is the best feeling you know?
2025-9-19
Are we being unfair to Phil Collins?
2025-9-18
Would you mind if your life were pointless but very enjoyable?
2025-9-17
Is it better to be loved for the wrong things, or not to be loved at all?
2025-9-16
Why do cartoon characters only have four fingers?
2025-9-15
Could a robot do your job?
2025-9-14
Will a shrinking population be good or bad?
2025-9-13
Why is blue most people‘s favourite colour – and not yellow, green or red?
2025-9-12
Is it possible to fully accept the truth?
2025-9-11
Why don’t you go into politics?
2025-9-10
What is wisdom?
2025-9-9
How fast can a human run backwards?
2025-9-8
What makes a good book?
2025-9-7
Would you prefer an unjust God over no God?
2025-9-6
What’s the difference between an enlightened monk and a sedated patient?
2025-9-5
If you could get a glimpse of the future (10 years from now) — would you want to?
2025-9-4
If your life were a film, what genre would it be?
2025-9-3
What is a friend?
2025-9-2
Is it okay to feel sorry for yourself if others do?
2025-9-1
Can you fall out with someone you never fell in with?
2025-8-31
Would you rather: Die at the age of 70, but be remembered for 500 years? Or: Live to be 120, but then be immediately forgotten?
2025-8-30
If irony is dead, what took its place?
2025-8-29
Why is it that a good joke never gets old?
2025-8-28
Why don’t animals cry?
2025-8-27
If the truth were an open book, would you read it?
2025-8-26
If you could ask an oracle one single question – what would you ask?
2025-8-25
Is there something that is always the right thing to do?
2025-8-24
Love is the answer. But what was the question?
2025-8-23
Compared to your parents, did you make progress?
2025-8-22
What name would you give yourself?
2025-8-21
If you don’t have a spine, what happens to your head?
2025-8-20
How often do you lie to yourself?
2025-8-19
Do you prefer to be loved from above or from below?
2025-8-18
What’s your best excuse?
2025-8-17
Would you stop working if you didn’t have to?
2025-8-16
Is it possible to be honest and friendly?
2025-8-15
If you didn’t have to sleep — you’d never get tired — what would you do with the time you would gain?
2025-8-14
Are optimists disappointed more often?
2025-8-13
If you could take a pill that would make you happy forever, always — would you take it?
2025-8-12
Why do kids want to be grown-ups, while grown-ups want to be kids?
2025-8-11
Are colourblind people any less happy?
2025-8-10
What‘s the dumbest thing you’ve ever done – and how would your life be different if you hadn’t done it?
