Illustration by Susanne Gold and her personal assistant Mr. DAll-E In the year 2123, the world has undergone dramatic changes. The dwindling population now thrives in an era where technology and humanity are in a …
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Humanity, Technology, and Nature in Perfect Symbiosis – The World in a Hundred Years
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Freedom through Renewable Energies – The World in 100 Years
What will the world look like in 100 years? Schoolchildren from Benin will go on their class trip to Berlin and shiver comfortably at the thought that there was once a time when people from …
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Butschi’s Legacy – The World in a Hundred Years
It all started with Butschi, my first budgerigar. Butschi was more than my pet; he was my window into another world where animals speak and share their emotions with us. My childhood connection with him …
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World-famous, unforgotten-forgotten: Who is Moses Hess?
Imaginary Interview by Corinna Heumann Moses Hess was born in Bonn in 1812. In 1875, he died in Paris as a French citizen. In Bonn he studied philosophy. While still a student, he and friends …
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Flexible living in the city – the world in a hundred years
Illustration by Susanne Gold, Text by Arseniy Pavlenko The colour of my iris changed gently from a dark brown to a soft orange. I blinked cautiously, then finally opened my eyes and straightened up. The …
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I just serve – the world in a hundred years
Illustration Corinna Heumann, Text Simone Wystemp Why do we collect visions of the future? You can find out here! Logbook entry, Saturday, 12/08, 22:26 My task is to serve unconditionally It is a good task. …
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Today is a good day – the world in a hundred years
Illustration Susanne Gold, Text Anita Klein Why do we collect visions of the future? You can find out here! Today is a good day. I am full and satisfied. Other feelings remain in the background. …
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A view from above – the world in a hundred years
Illustration by Susanne Gold, Text by Steffi Maasland Why do we collect visions of the future? You can find out here! I sit on the edge of our time and look down through the lens. …
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Correcting childhood – the world in a hundred years
Illustration Angela Smets, Text Sylvia Rieburg-Ganns Why do we collect visions of the future? You can find out here! I sigh – it feels wonderful. With both hands I dig in a warm, silty mass …
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Back to the Future in California – The World in One Hundred Years
Illustration Susanne Gold; Text Bernadette Imkamp Why do we collect visions of the future? You can find out here! By chance I met Michael J. Fox He was sitting in a wheelchair and looked very …
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Fashion in the metaverse – a future scenario
Text: Paula Kiessling Vision 2030 – a future in which we humans will have conquered virtual clothing for ourselves. There are now digital fashion houses and the major fashion labels have long since discovered the …
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A world in 100 years – a world without beauty ideals.
Illustration Susanne Gold, text Johanna Schlemmer It is the year 2122: I stand in front of the mirror and look at my body. At first without judgments. Then I speak to it with loving affirmations. …
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A better operating system – the world in a hundred years
Illustration by Susanne Gold, text by Stefan Müller 100 years is hardly a period for a reliable forecast, but perhaps for a sketchy utopia There will be a new quality of togetherness between people – …
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Giving a future to others
Author Paula Proeve Let’s be honest: We are in the comfortable situation of being able to collect utopias for a better future. We have food, drink, a roof over our heads and a warm home …
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Culture is the Attempt to Bring Paradise into the Midst of Life – a Plea for a Lively European Cultural Policy
Text and image by Corinna Heumann Culture as an elixir of life or culture as food for thought – despite the professed appreciation, culture is often seen as an actually superfluous cost factor, as an entertaining …
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The power of the sun – the world in one hundred years
Illustration by Susanne Gold, Text by Silke Wolf I am sitting in my glider and hovering over a colourful meadow of flowers, happily watching rabbits and deer grazing relaxed on the edge of the forest. …
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Plenty of time for respectful design: the world in a hundred years
Illustration Susanne Gold/ Text Andrea Mocellin I really feel that we are part of nature, so we have to accept what nature gives us and takes from us. I am pragmatic and think that respect, …
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Symbol Politics or Dystopia de Luxe: Apple Trees, Climatology, Psychology
Illustration Corinna Heumann/ Text Frank Fremerey Do we need psychologists to confront the climate crisis? Is giving up vacation flights, T-bone steaks and plastic bags enough to stop global warming? When problems exceed our capacity …
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Geo-engineering Stopps the Climate Change
A text by Jörg Puma / Illustrated by Yohanes Fitri In a hundred years, life on our planet will be better. A comprehensive learning process has been triggered by catastrophes – as is usually the …
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“We do not have the future in our hands”
On her weblog she calls herself Tona. Actually, her name is Waltraud. But Tona fits better with the Italian surname. Besides, her husband calls himself Tano. In her name, it is a simple letter reversal …
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I do not wish for a new light bulb
Text and photo: Karin Sommer I dream of a future in which the material has meaning. A future in which no one designs light bulbs that last only 2,000 hours and washing machines that are …
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Power mode climbing flight – please 100 years back and retour again
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ Text by Peter Worschech Holzkirchen, February 2121: I was rummaging around in the cellar among some rotten pieces of cloth and found a yellowed record of my great-grandfather Peter. This rare …
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A Map of the Future – The World in One Hundred Years
Illustration by Susanne Gold, Text by Punita Parekh However, if we talk about the future, that is 2121 across various fields Technology Everything would be automated from technology to Artificial Intelligence. Computers, Laptops and smart …
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A Thousand Questions for a World Community – The World in One Hundred Years
Illustration and text by Yohanes Fitri (Indonesia) “Me and Myself” (Original: charcoal, acrylic on paper 90cm x 110 cm) A work created from a thousand questions to oneself, ideas are taken from the current state …
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Interview with Professor Hüther (3): Childhood and education for a better society!
Cover photo Vivian Haddad/ Interview Susanne Gold Professor Gerald Hüther is a neurobiologist and one of the best-known brain researchers in the German-speaking world. He is the author of numerous (popular) scientific publications and chairman …
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The journey is not the goal (13/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. The goal but not the journey It is en vogue in the intellectual scene to speak up …
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Denial of the power of utopias is totally utopian (12/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. Does dreaming actually make sense? Why should you read a booklet that describes at least parts of …
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Terraism Part II (11/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. In Terraism Part I we defined the terraistic imperativ creating a ethical general rule. So what does …
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Terraism Part I (10/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. Which rules would we would have on our spaceship Earth – if we were to pursue the …
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Does coloniazation of space have the potential to inspire? (9/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. Imaging earth as speace ship helps to question existing set up on earth. A comon goal of …
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Earthlings go into space (8/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. To envision earth as a speaceship will support to recalibrate our normative thinking. We and the planet, …
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A speaceship called “Earth” (7/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. Idleness In order to design new ethics, it is helpful to first change the perspective. If we …
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Do we need luck to become happy? (5/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. Human beeings that are well nurtured and healthy; humans that live in relative peace; humans with no …
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Homo Sapiens vs Homo Deus (4/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. A new human race? Sooner or later one or more new classes of people will emerge. On …
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Looking ahead (3/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. Will there be war? If we extrapolate our “challenges” into the future, we see how the gap …
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Will Homo Sapiens Survive? (2/52 – Terraism)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten In this clip you will get more information on “Terraism”. Reality Let’s start by describing reality. What are our biggest problems? How will technology and humanity develop? …
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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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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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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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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 …