Tag: Zeitgeist
Media column: Off button within reach – culture
A while ago a nice game made the rounds on Twitter. The users should write the words “It’s the left’s fault that …” and then let the automatic word suggestions…
Cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin has globalized internet crime
Before the invention of bitcoin, there were no reliable ways to collect ransom money on the internet. Now the ransomware hack paralyzes a lot. A warning. . Source link
The AfD’s election program: The puppets rehearse the uprising
The AfD is playing with the idea of grassroots democracy and conjuring up a blues just before the end of the world. . Source link
The Silk Road ends in Duisburg: With goods there, with Goethe back? – Culture
The end point of China’s Silk Road project is, of all places, Duisburg. Why? And what does the new trade route actually mean? Of Alexander Menden Johannes Pflug, at that…
Annalena Baerbock: The Art of Blackening – Culture
Annalena Baerbock likes to make more of herself than is covered by her verifiable qualifications, we now know that. At the same time, there is a difference between critical debate…
“We’ll take it with us”: Via a modern defense formula – culture
Anyone who tries to add this meeting phrase in his head: “… on the list”, “… in our project” and so on, is already subject to the great misunderstanding of…
From the New World: The US deals with aliens. – Culture
The French essayist Michel de Montaigne was familiar with the feeling: “Our world recently discovered another and who can guarantee that it will be the last?” Eighty years before he…
Artificial intelligence: when machines are supposed to flirt – digitally
A researcher sent AI systems in search of the perfect pick-up line. Why the nonsense that came out of it still points to a golden future. Of Philipp Bovermann Artificial…
Why bans can be helpful – culture
The paths that an election campaign takes can be very peculiar. Later defeats sometimes look like victories for a long time; victories often seem completely unthinkable shortly before election day.…
Politicians don’t stand a chance on Tiktok – digitally
For example the city of Augsburg. It would like to be cool, but it is the city of Augsburg. So what is the city doing on Tiktok? First she has…