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Keynote: From Coal to AI. From AI to Coal.

How the Future Shapes Our Lives – and How We Shape the Future.

The Great Transformation: From Industrialization to Digitality. From AI to Living Intelligence.

🔥 Coal – the fuel of industrialization.
🧠 AI – the driving force of digitality.
💶 Coal – as a synonym for money.

These three terms stand at the heart of our economic and societal evolution. They illustrate how technology shaped our lives during industrialization, how we adapted – and in many cases invented – entire social structures around it, and how we can now use new technologies to build a better future in the digital era.

🌍 But we are at the dawn of a new era – transitioning from industrialization to digitality.
This is a radical shift that we often underestimate because we remain attached to old structures. But the potential is enormous – if we realize that we no longer need to think in global-industrial frameworks, but rather in local, networked opportunities.

Too often, we make the mistake of equating technology with innovation. But innovation also exists in society, structures, processes, and in our daily lives. To better understand the different opportunities for shaping the future, we have divided them into 18 life areas—from health, housing, work, and mobility to education, consumption, production, politics, family, energy, culture, and more.

From Artificial Intelligence to Living Intelligence

Artificial intelligence is a problematic term. After all, can AI really be considered “artificial” if it is merely recombining the information we once uploaded to the internet?

💡 What we truly need is Living Intelligence – an economic and societal infrastructure that evolves with us.
💡 But what does that look like? In your industry? In your region?

Throughout Max’s keynote, we will focus on pre-selected areas or take a broader look at the big picture—always with the option to include industry- or region-specific insights.

Topics we will explore include:

🔹 Will AI replace everything?
🔹 Is Europe falling behind?
🔹 How can we leverage technology for a better future—rather than being overwhelmed by it?
🔹 How does the future actually emerge?
🔹 The biggest misconceptions: Why we often misunderstand the future.
🔹 Shifting from probabilities to possibilities.
🔹 The future is always created in the “now.”
🔹 From AI to Living Intelligence – building a structure of opportunities within our society.

A Deep Yet Entertaining Dive into the Future

I guarantee a keynote that is both entertaining and thought-provoking—providing profound insights into what’s ahead and how we can shape the future.

Because the future doesn’t just happen – we create it.

And I look forward to shaping it together with all of you.


Inquiries & Bookings

📩 Simply email the team: anfragen@maxthinius.de
📞 Or leave a voicemail: +49 30 6130 90 41

🚀 From Coal to AI. From AI to Coal. Let’s shape the future!

And there is a book to read (in German).

This post is also available in: German