Welcome to the Educational Initiative
An Initiative for Fostering Self-Knowledge, Technology Ethics and Democratic Education
Our successes, achievements and developments of the last 70 years have expressed themselves through the constant expansion of prosperity and consumption possibilities, while on the other side value-orientation has been displaced by interest-orientation.
The Background
For around 20 years, our humanity has been subject to an unprecedented technological transformation - from Limbic Capitalism to AI chatbots to a neoliberal ideal of freedom that is increasingly threatening our health and democracy.
Publications
A Theory of Self-Knowledge - With a Critique of the Current State of Research
An examination of the relationship between a particular type of self-knowledge and human moral-political judgment, illustrated through concrete examples, as well as an exploration of the possibility of fostering it in an increasingly manipulative world.
Our Fatal Misunderstanding of Freedom and Its Global Consequences
Our entire culture is based on a fatal misunderstanding of freedom, which fosters excessive consumption as well as boundless striving for power and growth - with increasingly self-destructive consequences.
Dopamine Economy / Limbic Capitalism
How the targeted manipulation of our reward system by digital platforms is changing our thinking, our social behavior and our society.
Establishing an educational corrective requires a conscious examination of our habits and consumption behavior, of our susceptibility to manipulation through algorithms, as well as of our individual inclinations and weaknesses. This is not about rejecting technology, but about strengthening those abilities that are increasingly eroded by algorithms and artificial worlds. This educational initiative conveys possible solution strategies and raises awareness in order to foster self-knowledge, democracy-relevant abilities and social competencies.
Recognizing one's own inclinations, emotional susceptibility to manipulation, and weaknesses in dealing with digital temptations.
Sustainable behavioral adaptation instead of merely short-term utility maximization and addictive behavior / heteronomy.
Fostering values-based decision-making in an increasingly virtual and AI-shaped world.
