Technology

The third edition of the conferences and events overview. All the conferences that are of interest to people from the digital economy or the start-up scene. Here it is.

Everyone is talking about cryptocurrencies, especially Bitcoin. Not a day goes by without headlines about huge gains, lost hard disks and companies that are now doing something with cryptocurrencies. Just the next bubble?

Most people develop a model of perception of their environment in their youth, which determines their self-image. And then stick with it forever. A playdoyer for more personal, mental mobility and active self-transformation.

Time and again, voices are heard proclaiming that fintech or fintech start-ups are a phenomenon that is now slowly but surely disappearing. That fintech is “at an end”. Most recently, for example, the head of HSBC Germany, Carola von Schmettow. I think that’s complete nonsense. Quite glorified nonsense that is dangerous for the established finance…

While the irrational seems to be increasingly taking over in general social life, I have the feeling that in business, people want to focus as much as possible on data. While I highly value objective discussions and decisions, I experience a “data chic” in everyday business life that is usually nothing more than “interpretation free…

I can still remember the endless discussions I had with customers about open source 15 years ago. Open source was insecure, unfinished, un-everything. The IT departments, at that time mainly responsible for eBusiness projects, could not and did not really want to imagine that software whose code was public and usually completely freely available could…

Almost all established car manufacturers now have electric cars on offer. However, the range still means that studies and concepts are presented, but only a small number of production-ready vehicles are on the roads. Interested parties have long been asking whether the established manufacturers are unwilling or unable to sell electric cars.

With the gradual emergence of artificial intelligence, the debate surrounding technological developments is broadening. The influence of technology on our society and our understanding of culture is becoming stronger. In these discussions, I observe time and again, there are many false expectations. First and foremost: that there will be a battle between technology and humanity….

We tend to overestimate technological progress in the short term and underestimate it in the long term. When we read reports in the media about technological breakthroughs, we are usually disappointed when we don’t see this technology in products a few months later. We then conclude that “technology xy won’t catch on”. In reality, however,…

A few weeks ago, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted the ominous phrase “It’s what you don’t say”. After the delivery event on July 28, 2017, the meaning of the tweet becomes clear, because Musk didn’t actually say much at the event. And yet a lot was said. I believe this event marks the beginning of…