Unser Wecker kann nicht nur Lärm, er kann auch telefonieren und Fotos machen. Wohnungen werden über digitale Plattformen für ein Wochenende vermietet und Autos mit Ihrem Computerhirn entscheiden, wie in welcher Situation gehandelt wird. Ein Aspekt, der laut libertären Stimmen oder auch Innovatoren viel zu langsam ist, das ist das Recht bzw. der Rechtsstaat. Stimmt es, dass die Gesetzesmacher aber auch unsere Gesetze der schnellen Digitalen Welt hinterher hinken? Wie reagieren Rechtsstaaten auf die Digitalisierung und ist es in Ordnung wenn der Staat die Suche nach Strafrechtsverletzungen an Private Unternehmen abgibt? Wir fragen bei den Rechtswissenschaftler Stefan Schlegel und Benedikt Schuppli nach.

In our last episode we’re meeting Bailey Richardson, an expert for community building who helps to build communities of all kinds around the world. We discuss why vibrant communities need leaders, how they can use digital tools, and whether these learnings can also be adapted for our democracies of the future.

In the second episode we put the spotlight on education. Our guest from Latvia, Evija Celma is working on several digital literacy projects. The imminent lack of employees is best tackled with promoting ICT skills in schools, that is why she is working for the IT education foundation in Latvia. But as often, it is not that simple: Studies have shown that stereotypes impede equal representation in the digital sector.

Dezentrum x EFA 2020 - How can digital technologies strengthen democracies?

In our first episode we talk to Joanna Rohozinska about the current information warfare that manipulates political discourses across Europe. With the beacon project Joanna and her colleagues try to counter these state-sponsored campaigns attempting to undermine democracies not only, but especially in Eastern Europe.

Luciano Floridi is Professor in the Digital Ethics Lab at the University of Oxford and one of the leading voices in the global discourse when it comes to ethics and the digital future. What happens if Robots, AI and Humans live together. How do, should or will they interact with each other?

Let’s imagine there is a future where every morning you wake up, have a cup of coffee and then start doing the thing you like the most. Work is not a thing that you have but want to do and actually enjoy! The monday morning vibes are gone for good. And all this withouth to worry if you can pay the rent at the end of the month. Thanks to a universal basic income, this future scenario is not a utopia anymore.

You probably already asked yourself, what’s that noise in the background? Well this is probably a world's first, at least it's an dezentrums first. With me on this first ever podcast recording on a train is Guy Standing.

Guy is founding member of the Universal Basic Income Network Earth, a non-governmental organisation that promotes a basic income for all. We had roughly 45 Minutes to talk about why a Universal Basic Income could be something, that we should wish or work for.  Also what Guy would have done differently if he had a UBI at his disposal when he was younger.

Wie gehen wir mit dem Neuen, mit der Zukunft um? Wie und warum müssen wir Zukünfte formen und woher kommt die Angst vor der Zukunft. Mit Basil Rogger, Zukunftsforscher und Studiengangsleiter des Master Transdisziplinarität an der ZHdK haben wir die Themen aufgearbeitet.

How can a technology change the way humans interact with each other for a better world? How can a global community shape a technology in that way? And how can it be used to build more open and inclusive institutions which could move the needle for humanity? 

These are just some questions we’d like to tackle in this episode with Boris Mann and Lane Rettig. Both are highly active in the Ethereum community. If you think that Ethereum and it’s community is only thinking about cryptocurrency, you will be surprised. It’s much, much more than that. What exactly you may ask? Well let’s not wait any longer and dive into this episode, with me in Zurich I have Ozan Polat, Lane joining from New York and Boris in Vancouver.

Relevant links // Shownotes:

A list of EVM networks – ChainID.network // Nepal blockchain Network https://twitter.com/NepalBlockchain https://nepalblockchain.network/ // Lane Rettig - So you think you want to be a core developer – https://medium.com/crypto-nyc/so-you-think-you-want-to-be-a-core-developer-87cca2cb475e // Fellowship of Ethereum Magicians – https://ethereum-magicians.org/ https://twitter.com/EthMagicians // Ethereum Cat Herders – http://www.ethereumcatherders.com/ https://twitter.com/ethcatherders // no loss lottery – https://www.pooltogether.us/ // Pedro Gomez – https://twitter.com/pedrouid Walletconnect – https://walletconnect.org/ // Vyper smart contract language – https://vyper.readthedocs.io/ // burnerwallet – xdai.io //OMI open money initiative – https://www.openmoneyinitiative.org/ // Social Architecture: Building On-line Communities by Pieter Hintjens – https://hintjens.gitbooks.io/social-architecture/content/ // Humans of ethereum Podcast – https://humansofethereum.simplecast.com/ https://twitter.com/0xhumans

If you search the web for Bitcoin and the environment, there are plenty of articles dooming the end of the world because of the high energy usage of Bitcoin. Is this really true? In this episode I’d like to tackle this question and invited Ladislav Kristoufek. He is an associate Professor at Charles University in Prague and an expert regarding bitcoin and the environment.

Fabian Schär ist Professor und Geschäftsführer des Center for Innovative Finance in der Universität Basel. Das Institut forscht rund um die Thematiken von DLT und Blockchain. Als erstes Institut in der Schweiz speichert es die Diplome ihrer Absolvierenden auf der Blockchain. Fabian erklärt, warum das wichtig ist, weshalb die Universität Basel Vitalik Buterin, dem Kopf hinter der Ethereum-Blockchain, einen Ehrendoktortitel verliehen hat, und aus welchem Grund digitale Währungen von Zentralbanken nicht wirklich Kryptowährungen genannt werden dürfen.