Sleep is the new Quinoa
In Sao Paulo, concept store Zissou just opened. They are Cool and right, while selling mattresses. First, they spotted that mankind is sleep-deprived; the successful and ambitious ones not in…
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Amy Bessem
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Inequality, Divide, Cohesion and Populism
PART ONE There are the Anywhere-people and the Somewhere-people. Anywheres live more often in the big cities. They are the exam-passing class. They have reaped the economic fruits of globalization.…
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Drones & Bots; What’s The Big Deal?
PART ONE: Gradually we have been gliding into the drone age. Drone cameras have drastically decreased their size so they can fly along easily. Drone sensors are more powerful than…
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China the smartest?
The stereotype happily depicts China as an innovation desert. That is lazy and arrogant and every day less true. It is also dangerous. Because attachment to stereotypes might imply that…
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Hello Korea & Hello K-Pop
Two decades ago a movie like Jurassic Park made in one year two times the profits and turnover of all Korean Hyundai cars sold the same year. So the clever…
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Intercultural Jokes
May I allow myself a somewhat more frivolous column? Its frivolity compensated by the responsible intercultural insights it contains? For my trends research I am fortunate enough to travel all…
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