Essays

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Non-academic reflections on society.

Ethisch sterben?! - Die Gefahr der moralischen Entgleisung

Prof. Helbing: "Befreien wir uns endlich aus der Big Brother Welt!"

Behavioural Control or Digital Democracy? - A Digital Manifesto

Why we need democracy 2.0 and capitalism 2.0 to survive

A Digital World To Thrive In

Big Data, Cloud & Co.: Der Geist ist aus der Flasche

FuturICT Blog: Genie out of the bottle

FuturICT Blog: Creating ("Making") a Planetary Nervous System as a Citizen Web

FuturICT Blog: Big Data Society: Age of Reputation or Age of Discrimination?

TAZ.de: "Der Geist ist aus der Flasche"

Previous essays

«An ungelöste Probleme gingen wir mit dem falschen Verständnis heran»
external pagehttp://www.genios.de/presse-archiv/artikel/TAS/20140727/-an-ungeloeste-probleme-gingen-wir-/JM20140727001810165.html


Big Data: A powerful resource for the 21st century
external pagehttp://futurict.blogspot.ch/2014/09/big-data-powerful-new-resource-for-21st.html

Big Data - Zauberstab und Rohstoff des 21. Jahrhunderts
external pagehttp://www.dievolkswirtschaft.ch/files/editions/201405/pdf/04_Helbing_DE.pdf

Have we opened Pandora’s box? We must move beyond 9/11
external pagehttp://futurict.blogspot.ch/2014/09/have-we-opened-pandoras-box_10.html

RISK OF WAR: WHAT, IF THE "BALANCE OF THREAT" IS UNSTABLE?
external pagehttp://futurict.blogspot.it/2014/04/risk-of-war-what-if-balance-of-threat.html

War and peace in bits and bytes,
https://www.ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/common/docs/media/globe/2014/Globe_2014_2_en.pdf

THE WORLD AFTER BIG DATA: What the digital revolution means for us
external pagehttp://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/76591/What-the-digital-revolution-means-for-us
external pagehttp://futurict.blogspot.it/2014/05/the-world-after-big-data-what-digital.html


In Angst um die Ordnung
external pagehttp://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ipad/zuerich/In-Angst-um-die-Ordnung/story/31361618


"Ein Sputnik-Schock tut uns gut"
external pagehttp://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/digital/social-media/Ein-SputnikSchock-tut-uns-gut/story/19006546


OVERCOMING "TRAGEDIES OF THE COMMONS" WITH A SELF-REGULATING, PARTICIPATORY MARKET SOCIETY
external pagehttp://futurict.blogspot.it/2014/03/overcoming-tragedies-of-commons-with.html


Wer hilft, gewinnt (12/2013) Beobachter
external pagehttp://www.beobachter.ch/fileadmin/dateien/bilder-editionen/2013/26_13/Beo_26_Inhalt.pdf

A New Kind of Economy is Born
external pagehttp://www.todayonline.com/singapore/new-kind-economy-born
external pagehttp://futurict.blogspot.it/2013/09/a-new-kind-of-economy-is-born.html

Sozial orientierte Technologie
external pagehttp://www.nzz.ch/meinung/debatte/sozial-orientierte-technologie-1.18135003
From Technology-Driven Society to Socially Oriented Technology-The Future of Information Society - Alternatives to Surveillance
external pagehttp://futurict.blogspot.it/2013/07/from-technology-driven-society-to.html

Why Mass Surveillance Does Not Work
external pagehttp://futurict.blogspot.it/2013/06/why-mass-surveillance-does-not-work.html

How to Ensure that the European Data Protection Legislation Will Protect the Citizens
external pagehttp://futurict.blogspot.it/2013/06/how-to-ensure-that-european-data.html

Qualified Trust, not Surveillance, is the Basis of a Stable Society
external pagehttp://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/news/10.1063/PT.4.2508
external pagehttp://futurict.blogspot.it/2013/06/qualifiedtrust-not-surveillance-is_6661.html

Global Networks must be Re-Designed
external pagehttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130501131943.htm
external pagehttp://futurict.blogspot.it/2013/05/global-networks-must-be-re-designed.html


How And Why Our Conventional Economic Thinking Causes Global Crises
external pagehttp://futurict.blogspot.it/2013/04/how-and-why-our-conventional-economic_8.html


Google as God? Opportunities and Risks of the Information Age
external pagehttp://futurict.blogspot.it/2013/03/google-as-god-opportunities-and-risks.html

Google als Gott?
external pagehttp://www.nzz.ch/aktuell/wirtschaft/wirtschaftsnachrichten/google-als-gott-1.18049950

«Die Winkel unserer Seele werden ausgeleuchtet»
external pagehttp://assets.comundo.ch/downloads/wk_4_5_14_privat_beitrag_10.pdf


Das grosse Rauschen - Vom Nutzen fehlerhafter Formeln
external pagehttp://d-nb.info/1044990457/04

«Wir können Daten in Information, Wissen und Weisheit verwandeln»
external pagehttp://asut.ch/fr/publications/asut-bulletin/doc_download/25-asut-bulletin-5-13

Wer will mithelfen, die Zukunft zu gestalten?
external pagehttp://www.netzwoche.ch/de-CH/News/2012/08/16/Wer-will-mithelfen-die-Zukunft-zu-gestalten.aspx

Von den Erfolgsrezepten der Gesellschaft lernen
ICT-Jahrbuch 2013, external pagehttp://www.netzwoche.ch/de-CH/Services/Products/Books/ICT-Jahrbuch/Schweizer-ICT-Jahrbuch-2013.aspx

Big data, privacy, and trusted web: What needs to be done
external pagehttp://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2322082

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