Entries by AxelS

Dear Mr. President Obama

I’m concerned. With a defense budget of $690 Billion, the US spends more money on defense and armor than China ($129B), India ($44B), Russia ($64B), UK ($57B), France ($58B), Germany ($43B), Korea… all together. That means that every US family is paying $6,200 per year to defend – what? In contrast, the US education budget […]

Separation between state and capital

I’d like to expand further on an earlier post about the three priorities of a well run democratic government: Education, Infrastructure and Law. I made a short statement about separation of state and capital. In recent year I saw quite some interesting posts about ‘separation between state and economics’ or ‘separation between state and economy’. […]

Enjoy life to prevent cancer

CANCER IS A DISEASE OF THE MIND from Johns Hopkins AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY AND ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHNS HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY … 1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up […]

A democracy’s top priority

With the ongoing struggle of the US economy, the inner unhappiness and the many questions arising every day in the public web, I was thinking back and forth over the past 2 years about the essence of democracy and the top priorities of a democratic leader. The list is obviously almost with no end. But […]

A thought provoking interview about capitalism

I learned from my grandmother: “At one point in time capitalism is identically to communism. It is at the time when a tiny group of people control most of the assets of that society.” Are we there? I think raising minimum wage is only one more action where the small group takes control. The free […]

Monaco Yacht Show — The worlds most prestigious

No question, Monaco hosts the most prestigious yacht show in the world. And being a “yachty” myself it is obviously the perfect match and pleasure to combine my social media business and this outstanding event. We will starting share impressions, moments, interesting exhibitions as well as trends and many other aspects over the next few […]

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Yes, No Question

Take five chimpanzees. Put them in a big cage. Suspend some bananas from the roof of the cage and provide the chimpanzees with a stepladder. NOW – add a proximity detector, so that when a chimp goes near the banana, a water hose opens and the whole cage is thoroughly soaked. Soon, the chimps learn […]

World Population Day

Today – July 12 – is world population day I was thinking the other day about the growth of our population and what it really means. How can we deal with it and how far can we grow? I did the math: If we would take the space of the entire US and populate it […]

2020 and beyond

I was recently asked by members of the European Commission about my thoughts when looking beyond 2020. And since I love thinking about long term development, I felt I should share, at least an extract, publicly. 2020 and beyond Going beyond 2020 I see three plus one major developments. Two are already quite apparent one […]

Bucket List with no end

There are people who live to fulfill their bucket list – I live to keep adding to it :) My Bucket list part 1 (Done) Ski down at least 5 different black slopes in the Alps Build my own house Own a Yacht Write a book Plant a tree Have kids See them do what […]

Social Presence Management

When you start your social media engagement you probably start on LinkedIn or Facebook. You explore Twitter and maybe have already an account on YoutTube or Flickr. As you get connected with people you hear about Foursquare, Yelp and Google+, maybe SlideShare and Quora. Others introduce you to LonkedIn Groups or Facebook group, maybe Focus […]