Today I'm talking about THE most fascinating topic ever - uploading a human mind. How this should function and what a world of so-called "Emulated Minds" could look like - this is what I'm talking about today. I have first read about this in the following book: https://www.amazon.com/Age-Em-Work-Robots-Earth/dp/0198817827/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_to…

COME BACK STRONGER… :-)After 5 weeks of taking a break from producing content I am now back - stronger than ever. In today's first episode in the era of "Fascinated with Lea Skapetze" I am talking about what actually fascinates me the most on planet Earth: people. As you can tell by reading the title I am talking about the ten most fascinating peop…

Innovative startups that are disrupting the industry - this is nothing new but it is very interesting when it comes to how this happened and happens in the travel industry. I have looked up 10 startups that are making waves and that people have invested millions of dollars in. Article: https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/resources/top-10-travel-s…

Space travelling - something that is only available to scientists and trained autronauts, isn't it? Well, not quite. Because there are technological developments that allow prohibitions of a very bright future for space tourism! What the current situation looks like, what the future might look like and what technological breakthroughs will help wit…

Platforms like Uber and Airbnb have fundamentally changed the way we look at travelling. The DIY-Travellers are getting a serious problem for any travel agencies - so is there anything they can do so that they will survive as primarily non-digital businesses? That's what we're talking about in this episode! Source: https://blog.locomote.com/the-tra…

Isn't travelling one of the most wonderful things in life that can be bought by money? It is. Though, there are technologies that have the potential to disrupt the entire travel industry, such as Virtual Reality for example. VR gives you the possibility do discover some place without having to actually go there - this is not only convenient but als…

Deep Reading - it's not only about the information of a text you read! Find out more about the topic of deep reading in this episode... Source: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/201807/the-future-reading

Siri and Alexa are technologies we couldn't imagine our world to be without - but eigth years ago, in 2011, the people could equally not imagine how a world largely impacted by voice technologies would look like. I have found a super interesting article of a man predicting how utterly important Siri and Co. will be in the near future. In this episo…

Podcast shows are not to underestimate when it comes to the transport of information and the formation of people's opinions in a democracy. Though, many people do not see why in a world of possibilities for the most neutral style ever to bring information to your audience, so many fake news and hate trolls were able to pop up in the landscape of pu…

What is more beautiful on Earth than the smell and the touch of a new book? This is the classic argument of every book-addicted person that cannot stand those modern readers with their e-books. Though, e-books do have a lot of advantages! I'll name ten in the episode and explain why in many situations the physical book is so much more unpractical. …

YOLO. TGIF. TYL. ASAP. - This is only one driving force of changements we see in our current use of language that has been caused by the Internet. I am mentioning four of them today, so tune in and find out what is impacting the established languages today. Source: https://www.oxford-royale.co.uk/articles/4-ways-internet-english-language.html…

This is a plea for open markets without protectionism. I think it is crucial to remind people of what open markets have brought to our society, to our economy and life standard as a whole. It's not only the business professionals and company owners that profit from free trade - it's every "basic employee", too. Why? How? Every of these questions ge…

Today we're getting a bit more into the historical part of our fututure - and no, that's not paradoxical at all. Because in order to figure out what innovation could play a big role in the future of trade we need to look at what has changed the global systems within the last years. I'll name three concrete innovations that have triggered changes li…

Emerging markets is a key word that can be dropped in any conversation in order to get attention: everyone would like to know what markets will flourish within the next years so that investments could be allocated with a little bit more security behind the allocation. But emerging markets are nothing secure per definition - most of the time we talk…

Robert Rebholz ist Gründer des Unternehmens Optilyz, welches sich auf postalisches Direktmarketing spezialisiert hat. Im Interview reden wir über Unternehmertum, über die Geschichte von Robert und wie sich sein Startup über die Jahre entwickelte und schließlich auch über die Zukunft der Werbung. Gerne könnt ihr Robert einfach anschreiben, wenn ihr …

Investing is something beautiful - the increasment of money without you having to do something about it. Well, it's not that easy, actually, but almost. Though, many people loose a lot of money on the stock market or wherever they are investing their money. Why is that so? Because they are making certain mistakes that have to be avoided in every ca…

There are five distinct megatrends that are shaping the way we are investing and are impacting the landscape of ETFs out there. Find out what these five are and what I think about them. I have related to an interview of Morningstar with a guy of BlackRock, so some of his evaluations might be a bit biased - but I tried to have a differantiate perspe…

FinTech - Financial Technology - will change the way we transfer money, invest, buy and sell. This is why today, I am presenting you the five best startups in the field of FinTech of 2018/2019. You can find the links to each of them below. http://www.alpaca.ai/ https://www.transfergo.com/en/ https://www.checkbox.ai/ https://www.inamo.com/ https://w…

We have talked about cryptocurrencies and financial transactions a lot within the last days - but what about the location where everything is carried out? What about the bank branch itsself, where people go to in order to get help with something or in order to meet a consultant? Of course, the looking of such a bank branch will evolve a lot the nex…

Today we are focusing one specific company in the landscape of Fintech Startups that raised within the last years: Ripple. First, I'll explain the system behind ripple and how everything about the RippleNet functions. Then we'll compare Ripple to other cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and we'll see how Ripple gets to beat their competitors when it com…

This is a central question when it comes to the future of our financial system: will there be one currency or will there be many? The argument behind the thesis I will present in this episode is somehow the exact opposite one to what I've said in the last episode, HAHA. (So listen to EP #29 first!) But I really wanted to share this perspective with…

Is there anything else about money that is so controversial as cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin? I can imagine a few other things people have so many different opinions about. In this episode I‘ll explain the theory behind Bitcoin etc. very simply and easily to understand. I‘ll also talk about the positive and negative aspects of Bitcoin and Blockc…

What can we expect by the future of money? Acutually, the financial sector is characterized by the slow changes that have been occured in the last years compared to other fields, such as transportation that did an immense evolvement. Though, the main trends driving the way finance of tomorrow will look like are not to be underestimated. I present f…

I had the great pleasure to talk to an actual expert in the field of Artificial Intelligence: Dan Faggella! He is the CEO of Emerj, that once was called Tech Emergence. They are analyzing the economic situation of different markets and companies concerning the adoption of AI - or better said: the potential of AI-adoption. But we do not only focus o…

Do not get me wrong here: I do not want you to lie to your employer in order to spend time on your self-education. This would be quite selfish and not a good solution to what we want to reach here. But: there are ways to put aside time for actual learning within your working hours. Find out how this functions in the episode of today! Source: https:…

I have a dream: flexible education for everyone, everywhere in the entire world. In these days this is partly realized by private organizations, so called "Online Universities" - but I would like to transform the entire educational system into a virtual online platform. How this could be realized, what this might look like and what benefits I am pr…

Digital Learning - does this equal a four-year-old holding an iPad in his hands and playing games? Is this the education of tomorrow? Well, it might be. Though, I'd like to look at the scientific background today: "What can the Science of Learning tell us about the characteristics of apps that might increase or decrease their educational potential?…

Nothing new: lifelong learning is preached by nearly everyone to be crucial in the time we live in. But why? In this episode I talk about ten reasons behind that statement. We'll also look at different types of learning and how you can start TODAY with your own self-educational programme. Source: https://www.gettingsmart.com/2017/01/10-reasons-why-…

Mathematics - probably the most hated subject in school around the entire world. But what is the sense behind that subject? Most of the people think that the maths we learn in school is completly useless and that they will never ever need the stuff again in work or life. It's no wonder that this opinion is so popular as the argument isn't based on …

Learning how to code - this is what many people think is THE thing you have to do as a young guy or a young woman in th 21st century. I will present to you the arguments for and against that statement and I'll explain what I think about it. Sources: https://www.fastcompany.com/3020126/no-you-dont-need-to-learn-to-code https://www.techrepublic.com/a…

The future of education might seem utterly unpredictable. Though, there are some assumptions seeming logic to one reflecting about what will be taught in the school of tomorrow. We all agree on one thing: there must be pointed out a lot more clearly WHY we learn the things we learn at school. This could be made possible with so called content areas…

Mario Brandenburg ist Abgeordneter des Deutschen Bundestages und im Ausschuss für Bildung, Forschung und Technikfolgenabschätzung beschäftigt er sich genau mit der Schnittstelle von Politik und Zukunft / Innovation. Dass dieses Aufeinandertreffen nicht immer sehr einfach ist, kann man sich vorstellen. Mario erzählt aus seinem Alltag, von der Bundes…

Microdegrees, Nanodegrees and Global Degrees - these are not science fiction in these days but rather very solid alternative programmes to the traditional undergraduate course you have to spend year after year and thousands of dollars on. It is the education of the digital natives - and I want to present some of the ideas behind it to you! Source: …

YouTube has become so much more than a platform of beauty channels presenting their products and getting rich by doing so. Actually, the education category gets watched a lot more often than any videos in the category of Pets and Animals! But is this of a high quality content? And the question we all ask ourselves when we hear about the success sto…

Massive Open Online Courses did the race within the last years: they got more and more popular amongst students that cannot afford the exaggerated tuition fees of a traditional college education or that would just want to benefit from a virtual classroom accessible from anywhere on the world. What is a MOOC, what are the best platforms to enroll in…

It's a wrap! Today I conclude the month of transportation by a huge repitition of nearly every technology we have talked about so far - I present to you 25 ways of how Artificial Intelligence will affect the way we travel and overall topic of transportation. Tune in and find out what we have talked about the last four weeks - you will be impressed!…

Within the last year the idea of reinforcing direct mailing as a mean of marketing has confronted me several times. I have even talked to the founders of a German company that has dedicated itsself to that sole mission: direct mailing. But isn't this a step back in the evolution of transportation of information? In this episode I will talk with you…

Telecommunication - we all do it every day and more often than we would want to admit. This will increase within the next years remarkably. There are eight pillars the entire landscape of changements can be put on. Tune in and find out what about your cellphone, home or company will change... Source: https://www.eztalks.com/unified-communications/f…

The Green Ship of the Future is a quite ambitious organization I have came across when researching the last week and I was fascinated by their mission and goals. See how GSF wants to contribute to the development of emission free maritime transportation and where they themselves came from. Source: https://greenship.org/…

When we talk about the transportation of goods, it is crucial to look at the upcoming changes of supply chains. As nearly everything supply chains are insanely influenced by technological innovations - but this is just one of the five characteristics of a future supply chain. Tune in to find out... 1. What Top Five procurement priorities will be se…

We all love food - some of us adore it. However, our food has to go quite far in order to reach our houses. While there is not a really good alternative to ships in sight, it is the last mile to your house that can be revolutionized in the next several years. I present four possibilities to you how this might happen... Source: https://foodandcity.o…

Tesla and Daimler - two automakers that drag when it comes to designing and creating new, futuristic vehicles - as we have already seen in the last episodes. This time we'll talk about two insanely futuristic trucks they are planning to release within the next year(s). We'll compare the range and costs but also evalute how realistic the promises of…

Public Wifi is ESSENTIAL when it comes to travelling in the year of 2019. We expect the trains as well as the busses we drive with, to provide us access to the Internet. It's just normal, isn't it? Well, not in every country on Earth, not even on every developped country. What do you think: which is the country with the highest speed rate of down- …

I love flying. Though, the main points within the flying way of transportation that do not appeal to me are on the one hand the high costs, on the other the long time it takes myself to get to the airport outside of the city and also the environmental footprint which doesn't improve itsself by that way of travelling. So, all of these concernes are …

Busses are insanely important for any kind of infrastructure, urban as well as rural. We use busses to get from A to B and save money, as usually the bus transportation is veeery cheap. So it appears that the concept of busses will hold on for the next couple of years which means: there is some great innovation expected on this area of public human…

Many people nowadays use the train to travel from one place to another, especially amongst comuters this mean of transport is very popular. Though the train of the early 21st century has many many flaws compared to other means of transportation, like the speed of a plane or the comfort of a car. This is why there are many companies and governments …

After having talked a lot about charging systems in the last episodes, I want to focus today on a potential hitch of these newly introduced vehicles: the number of charging stations that distribiute a good amount electricity within short time to the cars. We will focus on the situation in the US and in Canada and after that have a quick look at the…

Porsche will launch their first fully electrical car called the Porsche Taycan. In this episode I give you on the one hand an overview about the technical facts of Porsche and on the other hand I compare it to a special model of Tesla - tune in to see which car makes the race... Video of Porsche: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8oixMu703s Sources …

Fully autonomous driving is a technology of transportation of the very near future. One of the leading companies in this field might be Tesla but there are also a several other automakers which have jumped in and invest huge amounts of money in developping a fully autonomous car. Source of the information in this episode: https://emerj.com/ai-adopt…

Elon Musk is revolutionizing the transportation of humans. As the topic of my first week will be extactly that one, I chose to talk about Hyperloop Transportation Technologies at first. It is quite interesting to look at the whole functioning behind this system and I will therefore give you the most important information about it in the shortest ti…