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 …
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Art that stands for itself. Who is Annette von der Bey?
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The one who uses his passion for a better life: Abdullah Almansouri!
Abdullah Almansouri was born in 1990 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and is a PhD student in electrical engineering. He received his bachelor’s degree with distinction from RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. He received his Master’s degree …
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The one who builds a bridge between research and industry – Ahmed Alfadhel
The researcher and entrepreneur Ahmed Alfadhel was born in 1987 in Alkhubar, Saudi Arabia. Today, Ahmed is an innovation enabler at the Research Products Development Company, a semi-public company in Saudi Arabia owned by the …
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Future: Yes or No?
Illustration Corinna Heumann / Text Susanne Gold There is no nation, I see, no matter how fine and educated, how raw and ignorant, that does not believe that the future can be interpreted and that …
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COVID-19: Tired in 20 minutes!
Photo and text by Susanne Gold How will we be in a few weeks’ time, how will the people and nations, the trade and economy of the world feel? That is probably the question many …
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On and off – true and false!
Illustrations Corinna Heumann / Text Susanne Gold 0 and 1 Most people know the binary system primarily in the context of computers and calculates in the decimal system. We have ten digits from 0 to …
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Looking for the moon inside her – Who is Sharon Calman?
Sharon Calman is an artist and healer from Bonn. Born 1980 in Siegburg, Germany, she developed painting and drawing as her way of expression already as a child. Also early in her life she had …
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The World Parliament – Policy 2.0?
Illustration Corinna Heumann / Text Susanne Gold The nation state – an obsolescent model? Will Web 2.0 and social networks change world politics? The Internet has made our world transparent, just as the Cambrian explosion …
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‘Paradise 4.0’ – In 100 years, we’ll be controlling everything with our minds.
by Corinna Heumann The technology behind it is no longer visible. We can only guess at it. We only move for sport and fun. The symbol for this is the apple from the tree of …
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The age of robots – the world in 100 years.
Illustration by Susanne Gold / Text by Mikkel Loose In 100 years, we will live in the time of robots. Robots will be used in all possible ways to make people’s lives easier and more …
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Pandemic – danger and possibility!
Against the backdrop of the global challenge of the current coronavirus, it seems strange that we have taken it for granted that our lives would stay the way they are forever and that we are …
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Completely without human labour: writing books and acting?
Printed science fiction novels that no one wrote? A bookstore where not a single person works? Celebrating books about which no human forehead has ever been occupied with content, design or price calculation? A …
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Mikkel Loose – The one who pushes the limits of technology for what really counts: fun!
Mikkel Loose is a recently graduated Data Scientist with a MSc in Computer Science specialized in Natural Language Processing. He is currently looking for new fun projects centered around AI. Being born in the small …
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The creative technologist for whom the inner child counts. Who is Andreas Refsgaard?
Andreas Refsgaard was born 1985 in Denmark, is an artist and creative programmer based in Copenhagen. Anderas uses algorithms and machine learning to enable people to play music using only eye movements and facial gestures, …
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She who drives beauty, truth and love – Corinna Heumann!
After studying law, Corinna Heumann studied art at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC and at the Alliance of Independent Colleges of Art in New York City (1985-1989). She graduated with a Bachelor …
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Holy trees – the world in a hundred years
Illustration by Sharon Calman /Text by Sabine Kunz If you look closely, you can still see notches in my weathered ancient trunk. I think they were letters and a heart. That was a long time …
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Coach with whispering stories – Sabine Kunz
Sabine Kunz, born 1967 in Kassel, Germany, is the face and voice behind whispering stories. For many years she worked with passion in the pharmaceutical and commercial sector. But her heart beats for children and …
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Toys, not calculators!
The time when only the simple activities were automated is a thing of the past. Today, artificial intelligence is increasingly finding its way into classical knowledge work. The highly qualified jobs of well-educated people are …
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Artificial Intelligence: Are We All Going Stupid and Unemployed?
Illustration and Text by Susanne Gold Companies of all kinds today use artificial intelligence, to forecast demand, hire workers or meet customer needs to be identified. Artificial intelligence is a billion-dollar business. Google even …
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Successful in old age: Late developer Artificial Intelligence!
Not everyone is born during a conference. He already! Why is he only successful with more than 50 years, our artificial colleague?
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Digitalization? An old hat!
FROM HELMUT BRESLER No discussion and no lecture can do without the current buzzword. The digital revolution or digital transformation is the focus of all topics. A new trend? Not at all. Water under the …
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Two who set out to stand up to the online giants: My trolley!
by Thomas Bergmann Local trade is facing the biggest challenge in its history. Digitalization is creating completely new market and competitive structures and forcing retailers to develop new strategies. Due to the small size of …
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A team player committed to networking outside the network. Who is Dieter Deninger?
Dieter Deninger was born in Offenburg in 1973 and grew up in Baden-Baden. After his training as an advertising merchant, he acquired sales experience in various management positions. After more than 20 years in employment, …
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The one who could not find room for personal initiatives and creativity in corporate thinking. Who is Ralph Friedrich?
He loves the extreme, avoids the mainstream. As an insurance employee, he saw no way to design himself. Today, he is committed to maintaining local markets and businesses. How? Find out here.
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Less mass consumption, more appreciation! Who is Rüdiger v. Eberstein?
Rüdiger v. Eberstein was a finance officer until his cancer in 2015. Today, he wrestles with neoliberalism and wants a society in which people are valued more.
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The one with the Fuck-It list. Who is Thomas Bergmann?
The It List fan has already experienced great adventures and is looking for them on his doorstep today.
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The one who believes in the power of human consciousness. Who is Jan Ullmann?
Jan Ullmann is not only an e-driving educator. He has a dream: he wants people to draw their potential to solve the world's problems. That's what he's done for a job.
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Artificial intelligence: Will we soon live with robotic humans who are smarter than us?
Hardly any other field of computer science triggers as many emotions as “artificial intelligence”. Will machines one day have a consciousness? Will they be able to think like humans?” These are the questions of our …
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Two unequal friends – The world in a hundred years
by Simon Boehncke “Can anyone tell me what the Unix command is for creating a directory?” asks the teacher. Malte answers and spells out: “mkdir”. Isaak rolls his eyes. He hates general computer science. The …
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Two Unequal Friends – The World in A Hundred Years
by Simon Boehncke “Can anyone tell me what the Unix command is that you need to create a directory?” asks the teacher. Malte reports and spells: “mkdir”. Isaac rolls his eyes. He hates general computing. …
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The one who makes giving happy: Who is Ulrich Walter?
From space you can see what unites us. From above, there is nothing that divides us, he once said. What does an astronaut think of the world in a hundred years? About happiness? More here.
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Learning as an investment for the knowledge, which is not only a Google inquiry away: Who is Markus Götz?
Markus Götz is a carpenter and business it specialist. You can find out why learning is the best investment for him here.
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Now as a team. What is our vision?
Dear readers! After a break we come back as a team. Our blog has been redesigned and by the end of the year we want to go bilingual. What is our vision? With our publications …
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Milking the blue cow
This historical expression originates from the west coast of Denmark and refers to the fact of living on the flotsam of the sea. After every major storm, the coastal dwellers once climbed over the sandy …
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Homo Connectus: Do we need a global ethic?
“I can manage on my own!” – is anyone who says that sentence happy? You go on a world trip, but never speak a word to anyone on your way – are you happy then? …
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A fun-loving free spirit on journeys – around the world and to himself. Who is Ben Korbach?
Benjamin Korbach was born in Stuttgart in 1985 and is today a digital nomad, project manager, expert in overcoming life crises and former banker. While working in a bank, he climbed the career ladder until …
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Invention consulting and technical implementation: Thomas Gold
Thomas Gold is a master of precision mechanics. After his training at the Max Planck Institute, he worked in the company Giesecke and Devrient, where he has been has been active for years. Virtual and …
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The victory of reason and science – the world in a hundred years!
by Petr Kripeit At the beginning of the 21st century, the world looked chaotic. Some people fled from war and poverty, the decadence of the rich countries had only shrunk briefly. How did we manage …
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“Great again”? No, thanks!
What will the historians of the future call our epoch? As the ages of reorganization? As the epoch of social hysteria or distorted perception? As incipient post-capitalism? Facts versus alternative facts We live in parallel …
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Invention consulting and feasibility studies: Bernhard Fischer
Bernhard Fischer was born in 1954 in the small industrial town of Töging am Inn. His father had a stationery shop in the middle of the village above which he grew up. But he did …