Photo Vivian Haddad, Content Susanne Gold & Corinna Heumann There is no mathematical equation for the consequences of technological progress. This is why technological developments always automatically raise the question of responsibility for them. Europe …
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Made in Europe – Digital human dignity?
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He who is committed to the diversity of living things. Who is Gerald Hüther?
Professor Gerald Hüther is a neurobiologist and chairman of the Academy for Potential Development. After studying biology, he completed a research degree and doctorate at the University of Leipzig. He completed his habilitation at the …
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Utopia on a chip – The world in a hundred years.
Illustration Susanne Gold/ Text Arthur Pease To commemorate the 2,500th anniversary of the construction of the Acropolis, governments have commissioned the planning and testing of a future city in the virtual world – a city …
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The one who advocates the renaissance of great dreams. Who’s Ted Ganten?
Ted Ganten was born in Canada in 1970. Schooldays in Heidelberg. Studied law in Augsburg. Even then he was interested in understanding new aspects of the society we live in. Professionally, he worked for Siemens …
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The Mystery of Innocence
Text and Illustration: Arthur Pease When painting, I am drawn toward images in which a disaster is unfolding but is nevertheless invisible to the protagonists, thus the name of my favorite painting, “The Mystery of …
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Between past and future: Who is Arthur Pease?
Arthur F. Pease recently retired from Siemens, where he was Executive Editor of the English edition of the company’s award-winning international research and innovation magazine, Pictures of the Future. Born in Florence, Italy in 1952, Arthur …
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Ancestor gallery or utopia: pictures of people who have not yet been born?
Text Corinna Heumann / Illustration: numbers(e)motion, cpf. The art of the futuristic portrait Conceptual art physicist Christiane Pacyna-Friese depicts people living in a future, their talents and attitudes towards life in sound images. A touchable …
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Man, machine and spirituality: The world in a hundred years
Illustration Susanne Gold/ Text Jörg Puma Medicine developed rapidly after a virus pandemic at the beginning of the 21st century temporarily paralysed the medical industry. In the aftermath, the many untreated physical and mental ailments …
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Birth, life and death, shapes and sounds in colors.Who is Christiane Pacyna-Friese?
Dr. Christiane Pacyna-Friese (cpf) was born in 1953. She studied physics in Bonn and received her doctorate in foundry sciences in Clausthal-Zellerfeld. Today she works as a consultant for foundries and logistics companies as well …
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World government instead of Alpine monarchy – The world in a hundred years.
Illustration Susanne Gold/ Text Jörg Puma Many democratic nation states were unable to bridge the centrifugal forces between the different values of their increasingly demanding fellow citizens. Classic popular parties with this claim, such as …
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Crossing borders on the net every day – what does that do to us?
Illustration Susanne Gold / Dr. Thomas-Gabriel Rüdiger Digital crime transparency – Or how the digital space breaks through the concept of the preventive effect of not knowing “Confirm your data under the following link! Last …
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He who never gives up on his dreams: Who is Yohane’s Fitri?
Yohanes Fitri was born January 22, 1987 in Riau Indonesia. He graduated inarchitecture. Painting is a hobby from childhood to work in the field of painting since 2009. Working on art projects in several cities …
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Mac speed of light – delivery service in space: The world in a hundred years.
Illustration and Text Lena Reifenhäuser What will the world be like in a hundred years? This is a really interesting question.. especially as (almost) everyone who is reading this right now will already be watching …
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Walk in the forest in a hundred years – The world in a hundred years.
Illustration von Cornelia Harss
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Better Capitalism. The world in a hundred years.
Cover picture Susanne Gold/ Image rights Continuous text & text contribution Jörg Puma The noticeable shortage of talent is changing the economy from the bottom up. Only companies that succeed in satisfying the increasing demands …
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Dystopia or utopia? The world in a hundred years.
Illustrations Corinna Harss/ text Rike Pätzold Two scenarios – a utopia and a dystopia. The variable is connectedness or “earthliness”, as Bruno Latour calls it very nicely in his terrestrial manifesto. Dystopia – low connectivity …
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The unpredictability of life: Who is Lena Reifenhäuser?
Lena Reifenhäuser was born in 1986 in Troisdorf and lives in Bonn. In 2018 she graduated from the Alanus University of Art and Society in Alfterbei Bonn with a degree in Fine Arts with a …
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The future of education begins today – the world in a hundred years!
Illustration Cornelia Harss/ Text Birgit Wichmann What about education, how will it develop in 100 years? At present, teaching in schools takes place classically in the classroom. The students are in the same class level …
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Freedom and surveillance. The world in a hundred years.
Illustration Susanne Gold/ Text Jörg Puma Life in 2121 years is different. There is an extensive freedom. However, it is restricted by extensive surveillance. But the freedom to choose a suitable home. – From the …
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The one who advocates ethical value creation: Who is Joerg Puma?
Jörg Puma was born in Augsburg in 1968. After his double degree in business administration and socio-economics, he earned his doctorate in the training department of Siemens AG on the subject of change architecture for …
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Artists at the Zoo – The world in a hundred years!
Illustration and text by Cornelia Harss Analogue painters will be rare zoo animals. In the year 2120 there will be no more brush-swinging artists. Painting will then be produced on the computer.
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Creativity as a driving force and means of criticism: Who is Cornelia Harss?
Cornelia Harss was born 1958 in Sigmaringen. Already as a child she painted and won prizes. She often made caricatures of her teachers at school. In her later life she continued to paint and caricature. …
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The one for whom political commitment counts: Who is Birgit Wichmann?
Birgit Wichmann was born in Moers in 1966. After her training as an industrial clerk and foreign language correspondent in a radio presentation, she already started writing. She worked for several years in Düsseldorf as …
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Waiting: A lockdown for more sense?
Illustration and text by Susanne Gold We are all waiting for the end of the pandemic – the end of the lockdown. Many feel as if they are sitting in a global waiting room and …
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Those with the tolerance for uncertainty who like to think about the future. Who is Rike Pätzold?
Rike Pätzold (born 1982) is passionately concerned with the topics of uncertainty and complexity and prefers to think about the future. Born in Munich, she shows others how to create security in uncertainty. She writes, …
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Not just a vocation: Who is Ella Priesnitz?
Ella Priesnitz was born 1988, lives and works in Munich. Not being able to commit oneself to just one calling and passion may sound like commitment phobia to some people, but for Ella Priesnitz it …
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Since the moon landing driven by insatiable curiosity: Who is Ulrich Eberl?
Dr. Ulrich Eberl (*1962 in Regensburg) has been one of the most renowned science and technology authors in Germany for more than 30 years. He received his doctorate in 1992 at the Technical University of …
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Two types of people and buildings that are slowly decaying: The world in a hundred years.
Illustration and text Annette von der Bey A hundred years from now, people will live on the layers of garbage with which we so diligently cover the earth. I think it is likely that after …
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We are stardust
Illustration and text by Susanne Gold The atoms in my body are ancient – old, like the stones of the world and the stars in the firmament. We can absorb and utilize the substances of …
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The improbable effect of fundamental physics – The world in a hundred years.
Text by Abdullah Almansouri The obvious is a world where machines and artificial intelligence become much more beneficial and widespread, all the way to the personal level. In fact, we started to have a flavor …
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Also, but not only for disabled people: Active without contact.
Illustration Angela Smets/ Text Susanne Gold In the 1974 film The Six Million Dollar Man, a man who was barely alive was reassembled. What was science fiction at the time is now increasingly reality. We …
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The game with all its traces, shadows and structures as inspiration – Who is Angela Smets?
Angela Smets was born 1965 in Bocholt, Germany. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. The all-round artist works as a graphic artist, designer, painter and illustrator. She holds creative workshops and …
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Fully automatic self-healing – the world in a hundred years
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Displayloop – the world in a hundred years
Illustration and text by Eugen Schramm For me there are two futures I am always working towards, a project completion in the foreseeable future and my artistic nature is a future that is not tangible …
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The perfectionist who is inspired by life: Eugen Schramm!
Eugen Schramm comes from the Russian Miasskoje (born 31.1.1979) and spent his childhood years in Schumowo, Moscow and finally in Anapa on the Black Sea. What drives you, Eugen? I am a very curious person …
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Editor and head of content: Susanne Gold
Trend researcher and futurologist, science journalist and founder of the future and science blog Utopiensammlerin. Born in the baby boom years, 1967 – in Hamburg, Germany. Social scientist. Mother. Wife. Daughter. Sister. Aunt. Consultant for …
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Editor and technical director: Kristina Sedmak.
Kristina has already studied computer science with a focus on online media, when most people didn’t really know what it was. She has many years of professional experience at Siemens AG and is also responsible …
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Sensitive as humans. Portable magnetic skin.
Illustration Corinna Heumann / Text Susanne Gold A hand that delicately strokes the soft material of a piece of velvet, feels the landing of a butterfly or tenderly grips the hand of another: Feeling – …
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Art that stands for itself. Who is Annette von der Bey?
Annette von der Bey was born in Remscheid in 1965. She studied fine arts at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. In 1990 she became one of Professor Fritz Schwegler’s Meisterschüler. Since then she has been working on …