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Karsten Lemm

Karsten is a freelance writer in Berlin and Associate Editor at DLD, where he manages the DLD News website. Previously he was a Senior Editor at WIRED Germany and spent 16 years as a correspondent in San Francisco, writing for a variety of German and international publications.

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Green Mobility: Powering the Future of Work And Travel

New technologies make flying and driving more sustainable – offering eco-friendly solutions for growing cities, business commutes and vacations free of flight shame.

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How Quantum Computers Will Shape the World of Tomorrow

With next-generation supercomputers and AI, our world is being reinvented yet again. DLD22 highlighted the most important developments.

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Entertaining the Dark Side: Iyad Rahwan’s “Evil AI” Cartoons

Can cartoons help us better understand the risks – and benefits – of artificial intelligence? Max Planck director Iyad Rahwan explains why he’s turning serious research into funny drawings.

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Sleep Research: What You Need To Know About Your Body Clock

Leading scientists Elizabeth Klerman and Till Roenneberg explain why sleep is vital to good health and how lifestyle choices can interfere with a good night’s rest…

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Business in the Exponential Age: “You Have To Take On More Risk”

In this DLD interview, Azeem Azhar, author of “Exponential”, explains why change keeps speeding up – and what all of us can do to master the challenges ahead.

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Maria Ressa’s Fight for Democracy in the Digital Age

“A lie told a million times becomes fact”, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Maria Ressa told the DLD audience in 2020. Her fight against disinformation is more important than ever…

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Why the Circular Economy Is the Future

Wasting resources is expensive and unsustainable. The circular economy promises progress by preserving natural resources and offers many new business opportunities…

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“We’re Not Using Our Best Weapons To Fight Global Warming”

MIT researcher Andrew McAfee explains what should be done to battle climate change, how to regulate innovation and why intuition often leads us astray…

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Noise: The Secret Enemy of Good Decision-Making

Hidden factors often influence our judgement, in life and business, Nobel Prize Laureate Daniel Kahneman and marketing guru Scott Galloway show in their DLD talks…

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Key Insights: What We Learned at DLD All Stars

A world in crisis is also a world of opportunities. This was on full display at DLD All Stars, our three-day online conference that featured top speakers from politics, business,…

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How China Is Leading the Way in Artificial Intelligence

Bestselling author Kai-Fu Lee explains why China has an advantage in benefiting from artificial intelligence, and what Europe needs to do to make up for lost ground.

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How Can We Trust Social Media Again?

What can you believe anymore? Social media are full of misinformation and manipulation. DLD speakers explain what could be done. Some solutions lie with us…

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