Thoughts, stories and insights
A headline made waves: students are losing the ability to read. What the research really shows – beyond calls for bans and accusations of moral panic – and why this is not a youth problem but concerns us all.
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How a single official letter reveals who really holds the switch.
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45 years of AI history at first hand — and an uncomfortable calculation: why almost half the population will soon be unable to earn their own living, and what we must do now. With an audio book presentation.
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While researching my book «Daten in fremder Hand» (Data in Foreign Hands), I am investigating the 2014 cyberattack on RUAG. And in the middle of that work, I stumble upon the next one: in November 2025, the ransomware group Akira exfiltrated 24 gigabytes of data from the US subsidiary of the state-owned defence group — and RUAG paid a ransom.
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Why an engineer, entrepreneur and adventurer who built an ultralight aircraft and flew it to Africa with his son now writes books.
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