They don’t exist: The ingenious inventor and the one inspiring idea If you asked a child who invented the chocolate cake, they would answer “mom” without a doubt. How could it know how many heads …
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The perfect invention
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Netflix formation?
Digitisation has not arrived in knowledge transfer. Our schools teach as if we still had encyclopaedias as reference books A regrettable fact – our schools and universities are outdated. They are analog and one-dimensional. No …
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Surprise – resonance!
Most of you know what I do here and – who I am: I collect utopias, dreams and stories. I have advertised in various social media to send me fantasies about the “world in a …
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More freedom! Now!
Slaves to our wishes We face an overwhelming variety of products. Everything we can buy, consume, consume and leave behind. Tragically, this does not make us free – on the contrary, it makes us slaves. …
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Time to renovate – money for things that are fun! From utopia to necessity
Almost all professions are confronted with robots and computers It is a fact that a large number of professions will disappear in the future. Not only the simple jobs – also the highly qualified ones! …
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The reality we know
What is truth? The question is as old as mankind itself. How do we know if we are and – what is true? How is human recognition possible? Many attempts were made to answer this …
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Worse than expected! What turkeys have in common with Fukushima
For the scientist Nicholas Naassim Taleb, the idea of predicting the future is insane. We have a “turkey problem.” Drawing conclusions from the past to the future because we cannot do otherwise Just as cheerful …
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Faster than suicide – Stopping suicides with artificial intelligence?
10.000 people take their own lives in Germany every year Worldwide there are even more than 800,000 people a year. The World Health Organization (WHO) mentions this figure in its “World Suicide Report”. Every incredible …
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People with masks – unmasking lies with a simple trick
There are many ways and reasons to lie. Some lies are born out of necessity, others out of image and even when the truth is too rude – even to the point of malicious and …
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To the limits of ethics: robot children for the desires of adults
THE JAPANESE COMPANY TROTTLA PRODUCES CHILD SEX ROBOTS AND ENJOYS WORLDWIDE DEMAND The sex dolls are meant to be an outlet for those who are attracted to children, according to Shin Takagi, the head of …
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Small he stood there and looked at me – I knew him from somewhere – but where?
At first I thought he was a woman His expression was full of grace and beauty. He didn’t look like a person. He had more than two arms. Little man – great attention I had …
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Not a meeting place where people meet
Crowds of people are striving in different directions – they hurry past with their luggage. Towards the goal and immersed in her thoughts. Nobody stays – most want to move on quickly A train station …
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Impossible without criticism – Openness
Utopians dream of an open society What is that – openness? We demand openness for many areas of our life: among partners, friends, for corporate structures and as mediators between cultures and peoples. In the …
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Down and back again. First poor – then rich?
Can a homeless man become a top manager? And vice versa? Our social environment determines almost everything We all belong to one social stratum – a milieu. Our fashion tastes, what music we listen to, …
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People have been dreaming about it since time immemorial. – But we do it every day and don’t notice it
Every day we go on a journey through time It was a wonderful vacation last summer? The sand on your feet, the salty water on your skin, the sun, the sociable evenings with a glass …
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Do we all live in the same world?
Bats can hear frequencies that we cannot perceive. Dogs – they can smell what we can’t: For example, whether a person has cancer. Scientists want to imitate this ability with an odour sensor. This is …
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Imagination and mind – a dream couple?
With imagination we go on a journey She knows no limit, no time. Everything is possible in the imagination. We can go anywhere – to distant planets, to a paradise, to a hell, before birth …
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Out of the ordinary – when everyone shakes their head
In the subway or in the tram – Whenever it happens, there are embarrassed looks Who doesn’t know it? When a stranger on public transport talks loudly to himself and everyone looks at each other …
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Why do we need urban development?
In 2050, almost ten billion people will be sharing our planet’s resources. In the industrialized nations, economic growth is stagnating and the population is aging. At the same time, in the developing countries, increasing numbers …