All posts filed under: News

Machines to power!

For my dear colleagues Friedrich & Weik, I have written an important chapter in their new bestseller as a guest author. – and made a lecture out of it. We live here on this planet for thousands of years and all of a sudden machines come, say they have artificial intelligence and take over! Is that so? Or are machines perhaps even necessary so that we humans can continue to live on this planet for thousands of years? Can we even do without machines? The new complexity of the world. Can we still absorb it without support? We use algorithms from Facebook, Amazon, Google and others as a matter of course. But no one is asking themselves the question: shouldn’t we actually have a right to our own personal algorithm? An algorithm that advises us in everyday life? An algorithm that at least reads our intentions and can therefore advise us better than an algorithm that only wants to sell? Should politicians perhaps be replaced by machines? Perhaps because they no longer have an overview …

Bestselling Book

Max Thinius – Futurologist, bestselling author, moderator, is considered one of Europe’s leading futurologists with a focus on society, sustainability, business and trade. Why it was important to me to write the new book by Friedrich & Weik! We need a positive view of the future – urgently! You know what? It bothers me if we discuss all topics in the present only negatively today. Where have our positive goals gone? When I was growing up, we had goals like: to revolutionize society in a positive way, to reduce the East-West tensions, to bring about reunification, social equality … Today we focus our attention mainly on crises. There is the refugee crisis, there is the climate crisis, there is the economic crisis, there is the social crisis, the populist crisis. It’s not that none of this is there, but the focus is not on positive solutions, but on the problems. So why don’t we talk about a social development and promotion programme to develop new perspectives (instead of refugee crisis), why not promote sustainable social …

Feared of digital money?

Most people in Germany love cash. 88%, to be exact, prefer to pay cash rather than by card. Only from amounts of 50€ upwards does the cashless willingness to pay increase. But will we still be able to pay with cash in the future? Or will we even need a digital currency (colloquially called crypto currency)? Sweden has set itself the target of no longer accepting cash from the 2030s onwards. Digital money is not yet that, just the cashless form of today’s currency. Real digital money works completely differently. And here most people are still afraid today. At least worry or incomprehension. Digital currency could offer new perspectives for fair global coexistence. Incidentally, it would not even have to be traceable, which is the biggest concern of cash fans. The other way round: CAN there even be a future for the economy and society without digital money? In the interview with the Wirtschaftswerkstatt you will find a few thoughts that shed light on the various perspectives and opportunities. Wer neue Ideen für die Zukunft …