Gesellschaft der Zukunft
Welche Gesellschaft wollen wir? Was sind die Utopien, welches die Dystopien? Vor allem: Welche Ansätze sollten wir diskutieren? Eine subjektive Sammlung.
Collection by Thomas Pleil
Noema Magazine
A Movement That’s Quietly Reshaping Democracy For The Better
7 min read · May 12th · Citizens’ assemblies can help us better address societal challenges, overcome polarization and strengthen trust.
MIT Technology Review
South Africa’s private surveillance machine is fueling a digital apartheid
1 min read · Apr 19th · As firms have dumped their AI technologies into the country, it’s created a blueprint for how to surveil citizens and serves as a warning to the world.
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Richard Gutjahr
What the F*ck ist das Metaverse und wie komme ich da rein?
~11 min read · Mar 30th · What the F*ck ist das Metaverse und wie komme ich da rein? – | G! gutjahrs blogDer Weg ins Metaverse ist gepflastert mit Bullshit. Nirgendwo konnte man das so gut beobachten wie auf der SXSW 2022. Und…
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Leben ohne Auto: Kommt Zeit, kommt Rad
~14 min read · Apr 18th · Mit drei Kindern und ohne PKW ist unsere Autorin in den Wald gezogen. Geht das – ein Leben auf dem Land ohne Auto?
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Nieman Lab
Algorithms, lies, and social media
8 min read · Apr 7th · Achieving a more transparent and less manipulative online media may well be the defining political battle of the 21st century.
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Noema Magazine
Why We Have To Give Up On Endless Economic Growth
10 min read · Mar 3rd · Sustainability efforts are scaling and speeding up — but the treadmill of global economic growth is still faster.
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Noema Magazine
Capitalism Subverts Community
~12 min read · Mar 10th · Cooperative, self-governing institutions — which people join with their hearts as well as their heads — are the best way for us to address capitalism’s most intractable problems.
MIT Sloan School of Management
Google’s Sundar Pichai says tech is a powerful agent for change
5 min read · Mar 17th · Artificial intelligence is a profound technology “as important or more than fire and electricity,” according to Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai.
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Vox
What happens when Americans stay in the same house forever?
9 min read · Feb 24th · Americans used to move a lot; now they don’t. It could be causing a social crisis.
Aeon+Psyche
What public philosophy is, and why we need it more than ever
7 min read · Jan 18th · Public philosophy aims to improve critical thinking so that we gain a better understanding of the world and of ourselves
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Biolandwirtschaft in Brandenburg: Woher Milch und Honig fließen
6 min read · Jan 29th · Die Regionalwert AG unterstützt Bauern mit Zuschüssen. Viele Landwirte konnten dadurch ihre Höfe modernisieren und behalten.
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Boston Consulting Group
Why Climate Action Needs a Gender Focus
7 min read · 2021-12-21 · Factoring in the impact on women’s participation in green jobs and reskilling, we project that women’s labor force participation globally will probably decline and wage inequality will increase as…
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digitale-gesellschaft.ch
Eine kurze Anleitung zur Nachhaltigkeit im Digitalen
3 min read · 2021-12-14 · Was mit einem Workshop am Winterkongress begonnen hat, ist im letzten halben Jahr zu einer «kurzen Anleitung zur Nachhaltigkeit im Digitalen» herangewachsen. Der Ratgeber hat eine bunte Gruppe von…
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Pew Research Global
What Makes Life Meaningful? Views From 17 Advanced Economies
~11 min read · 2021-11-18 · Family is preeminent for most publics but work, material well-being and health also play a key role.
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Krautreporter
Brauchen wir Wirtschaftwachstum?
1 min read · 2021-12-03 · Unablässiges Wachstum zerstört unsere Lebensgrundlagen: Es befeuert die Klimakrise, tötet hunderttausende Tier- und Pflanzenarten, verschmutzt die Umwelt und treibt soziale Ungleichheit an. Wie können…
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Rest of World
Singapore’s tech-utopia dream is turning into a surveillance state nightmare
~20 min read · 2021-11-16 · In the “smart nation,” robot dogs enforce social distancing and an app can claim to neutralize racism. The reality is very different.
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