{"id":16,"date":"2026-05-24T12:15:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T12:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nathaliemeier.lu\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-05-24T12:15:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T12:15:02","slug":"nathalie-meier","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nathaliemeier.lu\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Someone once destroyed a ball with his teeth rather than let others keep playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He gained nothing. Everyone lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carlo Cipolla called this stupid behavior. It surrounds us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are getting worse at thinking. The OECD has been measuring the decline since 2006 \u2014 in reasoning, literacy, numeracy \u2014 across 24 high-income countries. In teenagers and adults alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cause is not one thing. Comfort replaced effort. Distraction replaced presence. Ego replaced empathy. Together, they erode the capacities that make us effective, connected, human.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Fence Climber<\/em>&nbsp;is a book about what happened. About the people who still climb. And about what becomes possible when enough of us decide to pay attention again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Coming 2027.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/thefenceclimber.substack.com\">Follow the thinking &#8211; on Substack<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"mailto:nmh@pt.lu\">Contact me<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone once destroyed a ball with his teeth rather than let others keep playing. 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