225 years ago, Bartholomä Herder, the great-great-great-grandfather of today's publisher, Manuel Herder, published the first Herder book. To mark the occasion, a volume is being published in which prominent authors discuss the most important topics of our time. The result is an intellectual map of our present with a view ahead. The following authors are represented with these topics:Franz Alt (peace), Jean Asselborn (democracy), Alexander Van der Bellen (artificial intelligence), Sophie von Bechtolsheim (reconciliation), Alain Berset (jubilee), Stefan Burger (hearing - seeking), Katharinaren - Suchen), Katharina Domschke (Angst), Sky du Mont (Älterwerden), Sineb El Masrar (Verschwörungstheorien), Julia Enxing (Tiere), Nikola Eterović (Krieg), Abigail Favale (Zwiespalt), Lars P. Feld (work), Pope Francis (thanks), Thomas Frings (consistency), Sigmar Gabriel (turning point in time), Georg Gänswein (doubt), Joachim Gauck (tolerance),Ille Gebeshuber (Arithmetic), Beate Gilles (Walking), Sylvie Goulard (German), Anselm Grün (Loneliness), Stephanie zu Guttenberg (Looking Away), Tomáš Halík(Hope), Johannes Hartl (Marriage), Reiner Haseloff (Federalism), Gabriele Haug-Schnabel (Quality), Anna-Nicole Heinrich (Commitment), Manuel Herder (Poems), Stefan Hipp (Family Business), Jean-Claude Cardinal Hollerich (World Church), Martin Horn (Social Media), Wolfgang Huber (World Citizenship), Gerald Hüther (Love), Antje Jackelén (Worship), Harold James (Globalisation), Cherno Jobatey (Digitisation), Barbara Junge (Progress), Ola Källenius (Vision), Margot Käßmann (Attitude), Jürgen Kaube (School), Maite Kelly (Hat), Basil Kerski (Solidarität), Mouhanad Khorchide (mercy), Karl Ludwig Kley (Deutschland AG), Roland Koch (market economy), Renate Köcher (Patience), Walter Kohl (Auto(mobil)), Winfried Kretschmann (Conservative), Gerd Krumeich (Neighbours), Armin Laschet (Laughter), Mojib Latif (Optimism), Carsten Linnemann (Reform), Giovanni di Lorenzo (Conversation), Thomas de Maizière (Risk),.