This precise diagnosis of time is the result of ongoing reflection and curious observation. Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht outlines in his new book "Our Broad Present" a present of simultaneities that is enclosed between an unpredictable, threatening future and a past that overwhelms us. In his analysis, the author oscillates between philosophical discussions of language and everyday observations. His reflections on Disneyland, a small town in Louisiana, or the center of Vienna during the European Football Championship are sharp sketches of the hic et nunc, yet they always serve to elaborate a general description of the chronotope in which we live: they tell us about ourselves and about our broad present.