A blog by an Austrian fool who crosses boundaries in every sense — in thinking, in writing, in faith. Nothing is too set in stone to be reconsidered.
I have been programming publicly for over 24 years. Parts of that work can be found online at @jochumdev and @r3j0.
I am a Highly Sensitive Person — once, especially as a child and young adult, a curse; today a gift.
I worked in social services in IT — in various roles, over many years. Since 2011 I have also been a client (Bipolar 1 and non-substance addiction). What I have experienced on both sides shapes how I think and write.
I am working on a Citizens’ Chamber for Vorarlberg and engage politically where I can. Lived experience belongs in political decisions — not as a plea, but as a right.
These texts tie all of that together. Technology, perception, systems, language, spirituality, art — rarely just one of these at a time.
Why This Blog
I write because I cannot stay silent.
Not out of vanity — out of necessity. Whoever thinks must put it somewhere. Whoever wrestles needs a place where the wrestling becomes visible. This blog is that place.
Here, two things meet that some consider opposites: the political and the personal. The blueprint for a better Europe and the bad day that is simply allowed to be. The vision and the wave. Both belong together. Whoever doesn’t know themselves cannot change the world. And whoever only looks inward wastes what they have learned.
I write in German and in English — because thoughts know no borders, even if they often come from Austria.
I write with AI support and say so openly. The ideas are mine. The attitude is mine. Claude helps me put them into language equal to the thought.
What do I want to achieve? Little and much. One reader who recognises themselves. One politician who pauses. One person who keeps going on a bad day because they read: this too shall pass.
The journey? A snowball. Small, concrete, directional. And the conviction that — if we act together — we can trigger an avalanche of peace.
That sounds grand. I mean it.
License
All content is published under CC BY 4.0. Use, adapt, redistribute — all permitted, as long as the name remains.
Attribution serves traceability. If these ideas are developed further elsewhere, the thread should remain visible to all.
Thanks
To all the people who have shared their experiences with me. To every honest conversation that serves as the foundation for our ideas. Yes, these texts come from my pen — but the ideas belong to many.
To my Mam, Dad, sister, and everyone else in my family.
Heinrich.
Johannes Rauch — a great existential analyst and role model.
To the great teachers, the prophets of the religions I know: Buddha, Jesus, and Mohammed.
Contact
For those who want to talk:
René Jochum, Vorarlberg.