Kometa
Decisions depend on more than the information available to us. They are also shaped by the way we look at the world. This is why we have chosen to share selected texts from Kometa. Rather than offering instant commentary or analyses that claim to provide definitive answers, Kometa invites a different way of engaging with reality. Not to deliver ready-made conclusions, but to make certain realities more visible and more immediate. The texts published in Kometa do not seek to decide on behalf of the reader. They invite us to see things differently. They shift perspective, introduce nuance, and bring into view what might otherwise remain unseen. Over time, we will share some of these texts here. Karel Gaultier, Chairman of the Board, Kometa
Discernment
Excerpt from an interview with Sophia Rosenfeld, Kometa No 8
Beneath every decision lies a fundamental question: whom do we trust to make sense of the world around us? Experts, personal experience, majority opinion, or our own intuition?
In this interview, historian Sophia Rosenfeld examines the idea of common sense, a notion that appears self-evident, yet has been used, at different times, to support emancipation, defend the status quo, or fuel populist movements.
At a time when facts are contested, expertise is questioned, and certainty often travels faster than evidence, her reflections invite us to reconsider what we take for granted.