Scientific publishing has a quiet but growing problem. Image manipulation, duplicated figures, and industrial-scale paper mills are eroding trust in the literature. Analyses of millions of cancer research papers have flagged nearly 10% as sharing characteristics with
In 1784, Immanuel Kant answered Pastor Johann Friedrich Zöllner’s question with the definition of “What is Enlightenment?” that remains valid to this day. Moses Mendelssohn’s response also helps us understand. It seems as though this question
Have you ever wondered if you could “talk” to your liver, heart, or even your skin? It sounds like something out of a science fiction novel, but emerging research in developmental biology suggests that our bodies are
Revisiting “Connecting the Dots” Years ago, I wrote about my personal approach to life and work: connecting the dots. Instead of rigid New Year’s resolutions or elaborate strategies, I chose to stay open, mindful, and engaged with my surroundings.
Recently, there needed to be more time to blog. However, today, I found one passage in the audiobook “The Creative Art” by Rick Rubin, so impressive that I want to share the following slightly edited snippet: Coöperation is
According to BCG, Business model innovation is the art of enhancing advantage and value creation by making simultaneous—and mutually supportive—changes both to an organization’s value proposition to customers and its underlying operating model. Professors Girotra and Netessine,
Having worked for more than 5 years on Blockchain solutions and products with my company Datarella, it makes me feel quite confident that either Blockchain is one of the most disrupting technologies of our times and that
Ideas are cheap — most of them not worth a second thought. Approaching a short Easter break in times of Coronavirus — what could be better than brainstorming on some ideas lying around. That said, I invite you to collaborate and comment on this brain fodder:
There are lots of recommendations about when starting a business. Mostly, we are advised to start-up when times are good and we can afford to invest some time and money in building our own self-employed careers. Since
If the blind spot of today‘s economic, social, and environmental management can be reduced to one single word, it is consciousness. Highly specialized actors in different domains focus on optimizing their respective fields of interest, neglecting
It is said that a brain‘s size positively correlates with its host‘s level of intelligence. The ability of human beings to use tools in very elaborate ways, to create art or to invent and tell stories to
Yesterday over lunch, we discussed the libertarian notion of essentially getting rid of legacy complexity, such as legislation, regulation, etc. Some of the early proponents and creators of cryptocurrencies have expressed libertarian world views by trying