Olivier Lichtenberg

Olivier Lichtenberg, born at the intersection of borders, languages, and cultures, studied German language and culture, specializing in both linguistics and economics at universities in Strasbourg, Berlin, and Lille.

After an initial career in marketing for the luxury hospitality sector in Brussels and London, he developed an academic career as a German language instructor and IB Diploma Program teacher of German and French at international schools across Asia—in Beijing, Hanoi, Manila, and Kuala Lumpur. This was followed by nine years of private research across diverse fields, culminating in the production of books.

Motivated by a lifelong personal fascination with the Far East and its contrasting philosophical intuitions, Olivier Lichtenberg’s intellectual journey gradually shifted from language and culture to the deeper mechanics of epistemology. His early encounters with Eastern thought —lived and observed through years in Asia— evolved into a rigorous inquiry into the structural differences in how civilizations perceive knowledge,
value, and reality.

This investigation was nourished by thinkers such as Heraclitus, Laozi, Leibniz, McGilchrist, Paul Mus, and Tran Duc Thao, whose pioneering insights laid the foundation for a breakthrough synthesis. In particular, Iain McGilchrist’s hypothesis on hemispheric asymmetry provided the final key to unlocking an epistemological impasse that had puzzled him for decades. His work is both a culmination and a continuation of
that dialogue.

He also shares is ideas on his own website, East West Sharing: https://eastwestsharing.blogspot.com