Creating Open Futures
I believe that philosophical insight is essential for reflecting on the challenges posed by rapid technological developments. As our lifeworlds evolve, so do the political and ethical questions we face. Philosophy helps bridge the gap between technological innovation, conceptual thinking, and historical context, offering a deeper understanding of how these forces shape our lives.
While futuristic visions of singularities and uploaded minds often capture public imagination, they can distract from the real, pressing issues of today– the need for explainable AI, a discourse on political implications of information technologies and a reflection of the challenges of smart environments for human embodied experience. These developments raise urgent questions about privacy, equality, and social justice that must be addressed within our civil societies.
To truly grasp these challenges, we need to broaden the conversation. This means creating spaces where philosophy intersects with politics, economics, and science, fostering dialogue and collaboration across disciplines to build more inclusive, thoughtful responses to the technologies reshaping our world.
My approach focuses on understanding how we project ourselves onto the technologies we create. What visions of human–or even posthuman–life are embedded in the machines that shape our work and living environments? Every device carries more than just a function; it embodies values and norms like efficiency, optimization, and seamlessness. These underlying values often go unexamined, hidden behind the narrative of functionality. But functionality is never neutral–it shapes the way we interact with technology, with each other, and even with the non-human world.
In my work as an advisor in technology, arts, and media, I aim to uncover these hidden dimensions of technology and explore their broader implications for business cultures and emerging work environments. I–ve collaborated with leading organizations such as SAP and innovation agencies like Key Values (Hamburg) to critically examine how technology influences organizational practices.
Another key area of my work is the phenomenology of embodied cognition. I–ve consulted with NEUN, a coaching and personal training institute in Hamburg, to explore philosophical concepts of body and mind, tracing their historical roots and connecting them to contemporary neuroscientific perspectives.
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Please contact my for counseling in future of technology, ethics of AI and Big Data, culture change, automation and machine learning. I also offer journalistic and scientific writing as conceptual advice in culture, arts and media. Looking forward to hearing from you!
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