Robots as journalists He who writes, stays! For a long time, the idea was held that man could retain sovereignty over the word and thus his secure job. Natural language was believed to be a …
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Do robots write song lyrics?
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New Year’s Eve in a hundred years
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Trade is change?
Whether it’s corner shops, supermarkets, specialty stores, department stores or entire shopping arcades – it seems as if no store will remain untouched by the digital upheavals of our time. In many cases, the process …
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Silence or deafening night?
Silent Night, Holy Night is the title of the Christmas carol which celebrated its bicentenary this Christmas. More people than ever seem to want silence. At the same time, reality often sounds different: Noise – …
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Christmas in a hundred years!
by Petra Höberl Today we remember Luise. Who’s Luise? She’s the girl that got rid of Christmas! Why is that? In order to understand this, we will go on a journey through time, to the …
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Understanding the course of the world with Viagra!
Sometimes you can find solutions to problems that you have not looked for. This is the case with Sildenafil, better known under its brand name Viagra. This drug was originally developed to dilate coronary arteries. …
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Smart home and digital factory – how does it work?
Smart objects can be packaging, work pieces or even objects in every household. They have a digital memory in the form of a data storage device. This enables the connection of objects – which are …
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Work 4.0 – but medieval in mind?
Before the invention of the steam engine was the age of the craft guilds. There was hardly a company where more than twenty people worked together. First large companies The exceptions were the companies that …
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Why do managers not react like Pavlovian dogs?
“The idea of behaviorism is now a good hundred years old: You expose animals and humans to certain stimuli or stimuli and observe how they react to them (“response”). If these stimuli or stimuli are …
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How to finance the welfare state of tomorrow?
Good morning, Monday! Most of us go to work on this day of the week. That this could change is not new anymore. Experts predict that robot workers will be able to replace humans in …
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What to do when life gives us grief?
Think positive! That’s a real battle cry of our time. Even in the case of strokes of fate, it is expected that one recognizes the added value of such a one as soon as possible …
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Rebellion of the rulers or grapes in winter?
For many of us born in the sixties or earlier, it was not common to be able to buy strawberries and grapes at Christmas. In the sixties and seventies of the last century, global supply …
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When is progress successful?
Per capita income has risen again this year. We do not seem to be happier people because of this. As early as 1974, the US economist Richard Easterlin first pointed out the paradoxical phenomenon that …
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The city of the future – rural green?
According to the UN, the age of the megacities is approaching: in 2030 there will be 43 cities with more than ten million inhabitants. Cities are the states of tomorrow! Urbanization – a huge challenge …
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The greed for growth. No price too high?
Theoretically, we have known for a long time that money and objects do not make you happier at a certain point. The US psychologist Abraham Maslow used his pyramid of needs to illustrate that …
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IOT and DIY: Fix it or throw it away?
The generation of our grandparents still did it: it was once customary to maintain and repair something. Cross your heart – when was the last time you repaired something? Today, defective objects are usually thrown …
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Trade unions: With new tasks to increase membership?
Are you a member of a workers’ association? Is there an organization that represents your interests? Probably not. In the past, trade unions were much more important than they are today At that time, when …
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Single! Self-inflicted?
You’re single? And you have often heard that you will only find a partner when you change? Then my utopian question book entry today is exactly your topic! All alone and your fault? The advice …
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The long waves of innovations
Inventions resemble the waves of the sea One idea triggers another. This is how the Russian socialist and revolutionary Nikolai Kondratjew found out at the beginning of the 20th century. Since he applied this principle …
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Exploring new paths?
To break new ground and save our earth from destruction, we need new ideas! We need to rethink not only our lifestyle, but also the way we run our economy. Fortunately we have the internet …
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Our seas – no man’s land and everyman’s land?
Our seas and oceans in particular are at the focus of climate change. They should actually belong to their inhabitants, but are exploited as if they belong to no one. The high seas are in …
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Our abstract responsibility for the war of tomorrow
The fact that sustainability and economic dynamism are contradictory has not only been Report of the Club of Rome known. Already Thomas Malthus already described a contradiction between economic growth, population growth and resource availability …
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Interview with Karl- Heinz Land
Karl-Heinz Land is one of the old hands of the IT industry. He has 35 years of experience, knew Oracle as a start-up and is the founder of Neuland. But he is above all one …
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Is man a machine capable of learning?
In our time, the question of whether a machine can become human is in the foreground. But- could humans be machines? Psycho-cybernetics is determined by the idea that the human body is a machine. Although …
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Who is Karl-Heinz Land? Biography
Karl-Heinz Land was born on 24 Jan. 1962 in Hennef. He has 35 years of professional experience in the IT industry. Before founding his company Neuland and becoming an author and speaker, he was in …
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Climate change, population growth and scarcity of resources – what options do we have to secure our existence?
We have only one planet – our Earth! Mathematically one could therefore say that we live in a “closed system”. There are therefore only limited options for climate protection and for securing our existence on …
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Multitasking here, mindfulness there?
Multitasking – everywhere and nowhere Those who are dealing with different things at the same time share their attention. Mindfulness on the other hand is the focusing of attention. Those who practice mindfulness concentrate fully …
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Correction of everyday life?
We all dream – sometimes consciously during the day – and also unconsciously at night. Probably dreams have the function of contrasting our everyday life. They make us aware of the possibilities we have and …
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Are we supposed to believe everything we think?
The voice in our head – is it the real us? Is it our subconscious that speaks to us and knows our true desires? No, it’s not our subconscious As early as the 1930s, the …
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Love – a learnable art?
Our culture of capitalism is regarded as the cause of many problems. Among other things, for our misconception of love. In capitalist culture, it is market value that counts! The value of an item is …
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Self-discipline?
How do self-disciplined people manage to win the battle against their7n inner bastard? Kentaro Fujita, who is researching self-discipline at Ohio State University, believes that they do not fight at all. They simply enjoy the …
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New economy – but old work?
Work today takes place in a completely new framework. It is not only becoming more flexible and self-determined, but also more insecure, believes US sociologist Richard Sennett. He believes that the new flexibility destroys the …
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Free will?
Every person should be allowed to follow his free will in order to develop his personality. That this free will exists at all is part of the basis of the philosophical school of thought of …
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Why “Vision Company” in my utopia collector blog?
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How do marine researchers research?
One imagines that marine researchers are out at sea in all weathers. But today the oceans are explored with sophisticated technology. Marine researchers often sit in front of a computer – in front of digital …
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The lie of the age of fake news!
Time and again we hear about fake news, our era is even called the “postfactual age”. The digital media are often cited as the reason for the beginning of this new era. Proof of this …
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Why work less?
The futurologist Horst Opaschowski puts forward the thesis that we used to be poor when we had no work. Today, on the other hand, we are poor even though we work. By that he means …
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Why dream of the future?
Viktor Frankl, an Austrian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, is convinced that a vision of one’s own future can even save lives. He explained that most people who survived a concentration camp did so because of …
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Justice with oneself and everything
Normally, we all have a sense of justice, though sometimes as different as our experiences and personalities themselves. We speak of a “sense of justice” and of a “sense of justice”. The question of how …
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The human soul
Where is the soul of a person before he is born and after he has died? Since the beginning of our time people have been concerned with the question of the nature and constitution of …