Tag: Book review
Courage and anger in Iran – Why the revolution can succeed
Dusseldorf “Zan, Zendegi, Azadi!” – “Woman, life, freedom!” People shouted these Kurdish words at the funeral of Jina Mahsa Amin in the Iranian city of Saqqez in September 2022. Women…
Chinese state oppresses Uyghurs – a book provides insights
military in Xinjiang The Uyghurs are systematically oppressed and en masse sent to forced camps. (Photo: imago/Kyodo News) Berlin Even the title of the book is grim: The High-Tech Gulag…
Bitcoin and Co.: what remains of the hype
Riga, Dusseldorf Cryptocurrencies have experienced a real boom in recent years. Accordingly, there have been a number of books on the subject. Many of rather mediocre quality, quick shots with…
The New Order: Dangers of Future Technologies
Berlin In recent months, the worrying cases of technologies that seem to be taking on a life of their own have been piling up. Last year, a developer at Google…
ChatGPT is the new Googling
The author Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. When Google was invented, a new hobby quickly emerged: Googling your own name. In a way, being found…
What helps in the economic war – and what doesn’t
Vladimir Putin and Olaf Scholz A distance that could hardly be greater today: Germany is not in a military war with Russia, but the authors speak of an economic war.…
Bing search engine in the test – of poems and invented sources
Bing The Microsoft group presented a revised version of its search engine Bing on Tuesday. (Photo: Bloomberg) Seattle The technology group Microsoft has fundamentally revised its Internet search Bing. CEO…
Why AI revolutionizes and disappoints at the same time
Dusseldorf Thomas Edison lit the lightbulb in 1879. Anyone who thinks that a wave of inventions and changes followed is wrong. Two decades later, only 3 percent of US households…
From KGB to Dictatorship: The Story of Vladimir Putin
Riga Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, we hear again and again, has tied his own political and personal fate directly to the war against Ukraine. But who is the ruler in…
Artificial intelligence will be the new electricity
ChatGPT Microsoft is investing billions in OpenAI artificial intelligence. (Photo: IMAGO/NurPhoto) A book recommendation to start with: Power and Prediction, written by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb. Subtitle:…
Artificial intelligence will be the new electricity
ChatGPT Microsoft is investing billions in artificial intelligence. (Photo: IMAGO/NurPhoto) A book recommendation to start with: Power and Prediction, written by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb. Subtitle: “The…
Friedrich Merz and Joe Chialo – The conservative future of the CDU?
The year 2023 will be a test for Friedrich Merz. The CDU chairman is not up for election in the state elections in Bremen, Berlin, Hesse and Bavaria. But victories…
How to become a good speaker as a woman
Angela Merkel The former chancellor was not the most charismatic speaker, but according to Grooskop, she would have been particularly convincing with her calm and controlled manner. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf…
Buy stocks when pessimism is at its height
Shares The right stock can be found with the right book. Dusseldorf Buy cheap shares and later sell them dearly – who doesn’t want that. Two new investor guides help…
The wild life of the Mr. Orient Express
Orient express Such an Orient Express was Nagelmacker’s masterpiece in 1883. To this day, the name of the train stands for elegant travel on rails. (Photo: Orient Express) For a…
How great personalities shape history
Bonn Great men make history, and sometimes great women too. In political reporting, “strong leaders” such as China’s Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin or Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dominate…
Time for an anti-letter postage business model
The author Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. I have heard that the complaints about the post office are increasing. The Berlin daily “Tagesspiegel” reported 17,000…
Books of the year 2023: These are your favourites
New Year’s time is reading time. We asked our readers about their favorite books of the year 2022. Your favourites: Advisors of various kinds – whether career, self-optimization and self-reflection…
War against Ukraine: Inside Views of the Russian Military Apparatus
Riga Pavel Filatev wears a pendant with a cross on his right wrist. You can only see him on the screen when he puffs on his cigarette. Filatev is somewhere…
“I feel the first rush of hate”
Riga Serhij Zhadan takes a photo with his ska band “Zhadan i Sobaky”, Zhadan and the Dogs. The seven are standing in front of the sign for the Kharkiv region,…