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 page http://www.genios.de/presse-archiv/artikel/TAS/20140727/-an-ungeloeste-probleme-gingen-wir-/JM20140727001810165.html
Big Data: A powerful resource for the 21st century
external page http://futurict.blogspot.ch/2014/09/big-data-powerful-new-resource-for-21st.html
Big Data - Zauberstab und Rohstoff des 21. Jahrhunderts
external page http://www.dievolkswirtschaft.ch/files/editions/201405/pdf/04_Helbing_DE.pdf
Have we opened Pandora’s box? We must move beyond 9/11
external page http://futurict.blogspot.ch/2014/09/have-we-opened-pandoras-box_10.html
RISK OF WAR: WHAT, IF THE "BALANCE OF THREAT" IS UNSTABLE?
external page http://futurict.blogspot.it/2014/04/risk-of-war-what-if-balance-of-threat.html
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 page http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/76591/What-the-digital-revolution-means-for-us
external page http://futurict.blogspot.it/2014/05/the-world-after-big-data-what-digital.html
In Angst um die Ordnung
external page http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ipad/zuerich/In-Angst-um-die-Ordnung/story/31361618
"Ein Sputnik-Schock tut uns gut"
external page http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/digital/social-media/Ein-SputnikSchock-tut-uns-gut/story/19006546
OVERCOMING "TRAGEDIES OF THE COMMONS" WITH A SELF-REGULATING, PARTICIPATORY MARKET SOCIETY
external page http://futurict.blogspot.it/2014/03/overcoming-tragedies-of-commons-with.html
Wer hilft, gewinnt (12/2013) Beobachter
external page http://www.beobachter.ch/fileadmin/dateien/bilder-editionen/2013/26_13/Beo_26_Inhalt.pdf
A New Kind of Economy is Born
external page http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/new-kind-economy-born
external page http://futurict.blogspot.it/2013/09/a-new-kind-of-economy-is-born.html
Sozial orientierte Technologie
external page http://www.nzz.ch/meinung/debatte/sozial-orientierte-technologie-1.18135003
From Technology-Driven Society to Socially Oriented Technology-The Future of Information Society - Alternatives to Surveillance
external page http://futurict.blogspot.it/2013/07/from-technology-driven-society-to.html
Why Mass Surveillance Does Not Work
external page http://futurict.blogspot.it/2013/06/why-mass-surveillance-does-not-work.html
How to Ensure that the European Data Protection Legislation Will Protect the Citizens
external page http://futurict.blogspot.it/2013/06/how-to-ensure-that-european-data.html
Qualified Trust, not Surveillance, is the Basis of a Stable Society
external page http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/news/10.1063/PT.4.2508
external page http://futurict.blogspot.it/2013/06/qualifiedtrust-not-surveillance-is_6661.html
Global Networks must be Re-Designed
external page http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130501131943.htm
external page http://futurict.blogspot.it/2013/05/global-networks-must-be-re-designed.html
How And Why Our Conventional Economic Thinking Causes Global Crises
external page http://futurict.blogspot.it/2013/04/how-and-why-our-conventional-economic_8.html
Google as God? Opportunities and Risks of the Information Age
external page http://futurict.blogspot.it/2013/03/google-as-god-opportunities-and-risks.html
Google als Gott?
external page http://www.nzz.ch/aktuell/wirtschaft/wirtschaftsnachrichten/google-als-gott-1.18049950
«Die Winkel unserer Seele werden ausgeleuchtet»
external page http://assets.comundo.ch/downloads/wk_4_5_14_privat_beitrag_10.pdf
Das grosse Rauschen - Vom Nutzen fehlerhafter Formeln
external page http://d-nb.info/1044990457/04
«Wir können Daten in Information, Wissen und Weisheit verwandeln»
external page http://asut.ch/fr/publications/asut-bulletin/doc_download/25-asut-bulletin-5-13
Wer will mithelfen, die Zukunft zu gestalten?
external page http://www.netzwoche.ch/de-CH/News/2012/08/16/Wer-will-mithelfen-die-Zukunft-zu-gestalten.aspx
Von den Erfolgsrezepten der Gesellschaft lernen
ICT-Jahrbuch 2013, external page http://www.netzwoche.ch/de-CH/Services/Products/Books/ICT-Jahrbuch/Schweizer-ICT-Jahrbuch-2013.aspx
Big data, privacy, and trusted web: What needs to be done
external page http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2322082