Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten We have outlined some of the major challenges of mankind and the planet. We extrapolated the presence into the future to foresee roughly the upcoming developments. How …
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How do we create something new for the globe? (6/52)
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Life is short, art remains
VITA BREVIS, ARS LONGA Mega-retrospectives, futuristic museum buildings, biennials, triennials, blockbuster exhibitions, gallery weekends and sensational auction records – what remains of the era of the art boom and its sales records? Climate change as …
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Interview with Professor Gerald Hüther (1): Hate-Speech
Cover photo Vivian Haddad/ Interview Susanne Gold Professor Gerald Hüther is a neurobiologist and is one of the best-known brain researchers in the German-speaking world. He is the author of numerous (popular) scientific publications and …
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Do we need luck to become happy? (5/52)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten Human beeings that are well nurtured and healthy; humans that live in relative peace; humans with no existencial fears, will start hunting for purpose and happiness. In …
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Homo Sapiens vs Homo Deus (4/52)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten A new human race? Sooner or later one or more new classes of people will emerge. On the one hand, performance-optimized cyborgs will live on earth. There …
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Made in Europe – Digital human dignity?
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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Looking ahead ( 3/52)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten Will there be war? If we extrapolate our “challenges” into the future, we see how the gap between rich and poor is widening. Resources are becoming scarcer. …
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Will Homo Sapiens Survive? (2/52)
Illustration by Susanne Gold/ text by Ted Ganten Reality Let’s start by describing reality. What are our biggest problems? How will technology and humanity develop? Which of the developments can be influenced so that we …
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The Presence of Eternity – Who is Heide Schimke?
A simultaneous experience of nature and digital techniques: Kunsthalle Zürich Trained in researching mental states, the psychologist Heide Schimke extends her knowledge of the human condition to artistic horizons of experience. For this purpose she …
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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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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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Quantum computers – is the hype justified? (Interview with Ulrich Eberl)
Text by Nina Beier / Interview with Ulrich Eberl / Photo: Y. Colombe/NIST There has been a lot of talk lately about quantum technologies. Among other things, the EU has created the Quantum Flagship, which …
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Quantum computers – a new type of computer
Text: Nina Beier / Picture: IBM Our computers are getting faster and faster. And: They are also becoming smaller. Nowadays, almost everyone carries their own small computer in their trouser pocket. Today’s smartphones weigh only …
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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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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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“This world will be saved by laughter”
Text: Nina Beier Lockdown, exit restrictions, compulsory face masks – the coronavirus has turned our lives upside down in recent months. The following report was written before this very unusual time. A snapshot from times …
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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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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 …