'Having a brain and using it isn't a disgrace and doesn't even harm the climate.' When exactly did reason go on vacation? And why has our beautiful brain become such a damn lazy pig? If you follow the increasingly loud political events on the far right, browse social media, or watch the pointless, banal reality TV shows, you could easily be overcome with utter despair. It seems as if collective stupidity has finally won and laughingly kicked the legs out from under bourgeois reason. Oliver Kalkofe, Germany's sharpest-tongued media critic and satirical observer of our everyday lives, despairs in the funniest way imaginable. With brilliant humor, he advocates for a revival of dormant thinking – and for smiling composure as a remedy against the ubiquitous euphoria of outrage. In doing so, he speaks directly to the hearts of the remaining intellectuals of our species. 'I've been a fan of Kalkofe for longer than I can remember. So, at least three weeks.' Torsten Sträter. Biography: Oliver Kalkofe, born in 1965 in Hanover, discovered his comedic talent on the radio show "Frühstyxradio" on ffn and created the award-winning TV satire "Kalkofes Mattscheibe" (Premiere, ProSieben) in the mid-nineties. He scored two surprise hits in cinemas with the Edgar Wallace parodies "Der Wixxer" and "Neues vom Wixxer." He writes his bi-weekly media-critical column "Kalkofes letzte Worte" for the TV guide TV Spielfilm. New product