With an excellent essay on human dignity in the era of late capitalism, the author of the novel The Collector of Worlds takes a clear political stance. Whoever produces nothing and consumes nothing is superfluous – this is the murderous logic of late capitalism. The biggest problem is the overpopulation of our planet, claim the international elites. But if the number of people is to decrease, who is the one who should disappear? Trojanow argues in this humanistic account of human superfluity. In insightful analyses, he connects the catastrophic consequences of climate change with the relentlessness of the neoliberal labor market and the apocalypses that we, the apparent winners, follow so enthusiastically in the mass media. But we are wrong: it also concerns us. It concerns everyone.