A new technology is emerging, but the concerns remain the same. Discussions about artificial intelligence and its potential impact on critical or general thinking continue unabated. And they are mostly negative. AI would take away our ability to think. We … Continue reading Is AI Making Us Stupid?
Last year, I visited Schramberg, an idyllic little town in the Black Forest. I was taken there by my old friend and former colleague from my SAP days, Mark Finnern,, who was born and raised there and had returned after … Continue reading When the Alarm Clock Eliminated Good Jobs
SpaceX, Elon Musk’s space company, which is considered the most advanced space organization in the world and just a few years ago mastered the landing of rocket stages in almost 300 landings, which was considered impossible, went one better today. … Continue reading About “Catching Rocket” OR The Lack of Enthusiasm and Vision in Germany
In the middle of the 19th century, sailing ships dominated the seas, used by merchants and the navies. Steamships were already making their presence felt, but they had not yet been granted wider use. Many of the steamships were converted … Continue reading Steamship Skeptics And Sailing Ship Supporters
Friends keep pointing out to me that they regularly come across my comments on social media such as LinkedIn, which they would like to read because of their “spice”. By spice, they mean my responses that take some posters to … Continue reading What Gets Me Triggered
Did food used to be more natural, and therefore implicitly better, than the food we eat today, which seems to be over-processed and contain lots of additives? In the past, there was no such thing as “organic”, and yet food … Continue reading Today you have to write “organic” on it, and in the past you just had to write “poultry” and “egg”?
The mood in the country is bad, I have just heard from friends, and there are many reasons why exactly. However, one of the reasons is our success over the last few decades, which has made us overconfident. I notice … Continue reading Deflecting, Lulling and Hysteria – The Strange New German Leitkultur
It wasn’t so long ago that I still had to explain who Elon Musk was during my presentations in Europe. Not even in the automotive industry, where Tesla had already attracted attention, was the name familiar in 2015. I refer … Continue reading Elon Musk & Twitter: Why is everyone hyperventilating?
That mindset as a predominant psychological personality trait can have an impact on oneself or even an entire nation or culture was already summarized by Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck in her book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success: The view … Continue reading “Can we finally talk about the negative impact now?”
Whether it’s surveillance cameras in public spaces, automated border control, or simply unlocking your iPhone, artificial intelligence-powered facial recognition has taken root in our lives. Not everyone accepts this without worry. The feeling of permanent surveillance and the misuse of … Continue reading Facial Recognition in the Service of Historical Reappraisal