For the fifth time – and sadly probably the last time for now – I spent a while in the Tarn gorges with the Göttinger university. Though quite lazy with filming this time, I did shoot a few of the new activities not filmed during the previous year. Although probably not as cinematic as the previous … More Gorges du Tarn by Drone 4K II

I finally managed to finish my last (but not least) university project for my mathematics masters! It consisted of visualizing mathematical concepts, in particular algorithms taught in numerical mathematics, to help students with understanding . The project was carried out with the excellent Python library HoloViews that enabled me to create many beautiful animations. I have … More Mathematical Animations with HoloViews (university project)

As a workaholic, tech enthusiast and a deeply worried person about the state of our planet, I thought to have found a kindred spirit with Elon Musk as I agree with most of his vision. At first, I could have imagined myself applying for a job at Tesla and naturally researched more, i.e. read everything … More Tesla – Wolf of Wall Street

Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks. — Stephen Hawking People are spending way too much time thinking about climate change, way too little thinking about AI. — Peter Thiel *** During my internship for … More The State of Artificial Intelligence in Visual Arts [Video]

Those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world usually do. — Steve Jobs One of my favorite Tim Ferriss Podcasts is this one with Derek Sivers: On Developing Confidence, Finding Happiness, and Saying “No” to Millions [Transcript here]. Long story short, Derik Sivers publishes the notes of the many books he has read, … More Book Notes | Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future – by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters

One feature I’ve requested and seen requested constantly are “show notes” – links to stuff mentioned in a Real Vision conversation (kind of like what Tim Ferris does). This is a sketch of how I would imagine them to look like for the above mentioned conversation (behind a paywall). Maybe they’ll help and you find … More Real Vision Show Notes – Capitalizing on Tech-Enabled Transformations

Shadows appear to me to be of supreme importance in perspective, because, without them opaque and solid bodies will be ill defined. Shadow is the means by which bodies display their form. The forms of bodies could not be understood in detail but for shadow. — Leonardo Da Vinci I again held the above titled … More Presentation: Global Financial Plumbing – An Introduction to the Shadow Banking System (a Reprise)

Shadows appear to me to be of supreme importance in perspective, because, without them opaque and solid bodies will be ill defined. Shadow is the means by which bodies display their form. The forms of bodies could not be understood in detail but for shadow. – Leonardo da Vinci Coming Wednesday I will once again … More The Shadow of Money

As a perfectionist, this annoys me greatly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qgSTGnuFLE And I have not been able to fix the issue… I am currently reading David Graeber’s book “Bullshit Jobs”, this is his definition of a “duct taper”‘s job. Bugs like that regularly slow me down. And also, no idea how Facebook determines its thumbnails… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5CkjbPoabs  

At the end of April, our student group had the pleasure to welcome Kate Raworth in Göttingen, to present us in a full lecture hall her concept of “Doughnut Economics”. In contrast to the current mainstream in economics – where the world is almost religiously explained by simplistic and unrealistic three letter models and where exponential … More Kate Raworth Guest Lecture in Göttingen – Doughnut Economics: How to Think Like a 21st Century Economist