<aside> Asking critical questions, and try to answer them in a systemic and logical way, is one of the most profound tasks for knowledge workers. Here are the questions that fascinate me — most often I use these as starting points for the articles on my blog.

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<aside> <img src="/icons/question-mark_gray.svg" alt="/icons/question-mark_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Is information the fundamental unit of the universe? Does only information exist at the end of time? Is the universe a single information processing system?

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<aside> <img src="/icons/question-mark_gray.svg" alt="/icons/question-mark_gray.svg" width="40px" /> What is AI? And what characterizes intelligence at all? What makes humans intelligent? How did intelligence arise? Is consciousness a result or a trigger? Is there even a consciousness? Can we create an AGI?

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<aside> <img src="/icons/question-mark_gray.svg" alt="/icons/question-mark_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Is intelligence (in the human brain) realized in the same way as the fundamental structure of the universe? Do these "structures" condition each other, and thus is intelligence a natural causality of the universe? Is that the reason we can understand the universe?

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<aside> <img src="/icons/question-mark_gray.svg" alt="/icons/question-mark_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Where does the path of human civilization end? How far can I imagine the future? What is the global goal?

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<aside> <img src="/icons/question-mark_gray.svg" alt="/icons/question-mark_gray.svg" width="40px" /> How can the EU maintain and further enhance its innovative capacity, science, and industrial strength without being left behind by China, the USA, or India?

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<aside> <img src="/icons/question-mark_gray.svg" alt="/icons/question-mark_gray.svg" width="40px" /> What are other "Tools for Thought"? The most fundamental tools for thinking so far are language, writing and mathematics. These Tools for Thought all introduce fundamental new mental representations and thought operations. So — what will be the next?

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<aside> <img src="/icons/question-mark_gray.svg" alt="/icons/question-mark_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Why doesn't Germany have a proper tech giant like Apple, Microsoft, Google, Meta, Amazon & Co.?

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<aside> <img src="/icons/question-mark_gray.svg" alt="/icons/question-mark_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Why are the physical laws of nature so symmetrical, hierarchical, and seemingly simply structured? And why do we find these commonalities on such different levels?

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<aside> <img src="/icons/question-mark_gray.svg" alt="/icons/question-mark_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Why haven't we made contact with extraterrestrial life forms yet? Is there simply no one else besides us? Are we just the first?

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