Essays
Non-academic reflections on society.
Ethisch sterben?! - Die Gefahr der moralischen Entgleisung
Ein Gastkommentar von Dirk Helbing und Peter Seele in der NZZ
Prof. Helbing: "Befreien wir uns endlich aus der Big Brother Welt!"
Professor Dirk Helbing wrote an essay for the German daily newspaper Die Süddeutsche Zeitung where he discusses the recent Facebook data breach and the problems that we might face in our digital society.
Behavioural Control or Digital Democracy? - A Digital Manifesto
An english version of the Digital Manifesto: Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Big Nudging, and Cybernetic Society: Is the automation of society coming? A joint appeal to secure freedom and democracy.
Why we need democracy 2.0 and capitalism 2.0 to survive
Read an article published in jusletter-it.eu about opportunities stemming from growth of data-driven societies.
A Digital World To Thrive In
Professor Dirk Helbing discusses how the Internet of Things can make the "invisible hand" work and societies thrive.
Big Data, Cloud & Co.: Der Geist ist aus der Flasche
Published in October 2014.
FuturICT Blog: Genie out of the bottle
An essay published on FuturICT.blogspot.ch on October 3, 2014
FuturICT Blog: Creating ("Making") a Planetary Nervous System as a Citizen Web
An essay published on FuturICT.blogspot.ch on September 23, 2014.
FuturICT Blog: Big Data Society: Age of Reputation or Age of Discrimination?
An essay published on FuturICT.blogspot.ch on September 22, 2014
TAZ.de: "Der Geist ist aus der Flasche"
An interview with Dirk Helbing published on January 31, 2014.
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.htmlcall_made
Big Data: A powerful resource for the 21st century
external pagehttp://futurict.blogspot.ch/2014/09/big-data-powerful-new-resource-for-21st.htmlcall_made
Big Data - Zauberstab und Rohstoff des 21. Jahrhunderts
external pagehttp://www.dievolkswirtschaft.ch/files/editions/201405/pdf/04_Helbing_DE.pdfcall_made
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.htmlcall_made
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.htmlcall_made
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-uscall_made
external pagehttp://futurict.blogspot.it/2014/05/the-world-after-big-data-what-digital.htmlcall_made
In Angst um die Ordnung
external pagehttp://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ipad/zuerich/In-Angst-um-die-Ordnung/story/31361618call_made
"Ein Sputnik-Schock tut uns gut"
external pagehttp://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/digital/social-media/Ein-SputnikSchock-tut-uns-gut/story/19006546call_made
OVERCOMING "TRAGEDIES OF THE COMMONS" WITH A SELF-REGULATING, PARTICIPATORY MARKET SOCIETY
external pagehttp://futurict.blogspot.it/2014/03/overcoming-tragedies-of-commons-with.htmlcall_made
Wer hilft, gewinnt (12/2013) Beobachter
external pagehttp://www.beobachter.ch/fileadmin/dateien/bilder-editionen/2013/26_13/Beo_26_Inhalt.pdfcall_made
A New Kind of Economy is Born
external pagehttp://www.todayonline.com/singapore/new-kind-economy-borncall_made
external pagehttp://futurict.blogspot.it/2013/09/a-new-kind-of-economy-is-born.htmlcall_made
Sozial orientierte Technologie
external pagehttp://www.nzz.ch/meinung/debatte/sozial-orientierte-technologie-1.18135003call_made
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.htmlcall_made
Why Mass Surveillance Does Not Work
external pagehttp://futurict.blogspot.it/2013/06/why-mass-surveillance-does-not-work.htmlcall_made
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.htmlcall_made
Qualified Trust, not Surveillance, is the Basis of a Stable Society
external pagehttp://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/news/10.1063/PT.4.2508call_made
external pagehttp://futurict.blogspot.it/2013/06/qualifiedtrust-not-surveillance-is_6661.htmlcall_made
Global Networks must be Re-Designed
external pagehttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130501131943.htmcall_made
external pagehttp://futurict.blogspot.it/2013/05/global-networks-must-be-re-designed.htmlcall_made
How And Why Our Conventional Economic Thinking Causes Global Crises
external pagehttp://futurict.blogspot.it/2013/04/how-and-why-our-conventional-economic_8.htmlcall_made
Google as God? Opportunities and Risks of the Information Age
external pagehttp://futurict.blogspot.it/2013/03/google-as-god-opportunities-and-risks.htmlcall_made
Google als Gott?
external pagehttp://www.nzz.ch/aktuell/wirtschaft/wirtschaftsnachrichten/google-als-gott-1.18049950call_made
«Die Winkel unserer Seele werden ausgeleuchtet»
external pagehttp://assets.comundo.ch/downloads/wk_4_5_14_privat_beitrag_10.pdfcall_made
Das grosse Rauschen - Vom Nutzen fehlerhafter Formeln
external pagehttp://d-nb.info/1044990457/04call_made
«Wir können Daten in Information, Wissen und Weisheit verwandeln»
external pagehttp://asut.ch/fr/publications/asut-bulletin/doc_download/25-asut-bulletin-5-13call_made
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.aspxcall_made
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.aspxcall_made
Big data, privacy, and trusted web: What needs to be done
external pagehttp://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2322082call_made