In the future, data-enriched selfies, will be much more than an image of an external state. Algorithms will soon be able to read us better than any psychiatrist.

Paul Austin nimmt LSD in Mikrodosen ein. Sie würden ihm das gesamte Leben erleichtern, so der US-Unternehmer. Was das genau bedeutet, erklärte er am GDI-Trendtag gegenüber dem 3sat-Wissenschaftsmagazin «Nano».

Cyborgismus, Flow-Zustand oder LSD-Microdosing: die Mittel, um das Beste aus sich herauszuholen, werden immer vielfältiger. Ist eine Entwicklung in Richtung Selbstoptimierung überhaupt noch aufhaltbar? Antworten liefert der neuste GDI-Podcast.

All of the big tech companies are currently investing in research on artificial intelligence or “affective computing”. When machines learn to recognize our feelings, they will be able to read almost all our desires in our eyes. According to GDI researchers customer satisfaction will unquestionably become the measure of all things.

Steven Kotler is the co-founder and director for research for the Flow Genome Project and author of «Stealing Fire». In this interview he talks about his live-changing flow experience and how people can learn to get into the flow.

Microbiologist and science journalist Jo Marchant describes the influence of positive thoughts on our health and how placebos work, even when we are aware of the fact, that we are taking them.

From LSD short trips to the selfie generation: at the 14th European Trend Day, internationally renowned guests spoke about the growing markets of self-optimisation. A summary.

While humans possess five senses, plant researcher Stefano Mancuso estimates that plants have more than 20. These abilities could also prove useful for humans in future, he explains in the video. And at the GDI Trend Day on 14 March.

Eine neue Ära der Selbstoptimierung hat begonnen. Bio-Hacking und Bio-Feedback werden in Zukunft helfen, uns selbst zu verbessern. Wie der neue Daten-Buddhismus uns glücklich machen wird, erklären wir im neuen Podcast.

What will make us happy in future? Which technologies will support us? The new GDI study ‘Wellness 2030’ discusses the latest possibilities.

We photograph ourselves, curate our social media presences, are obsessed with ourselves. And it’s making us sick, says journalist Will Storr in his book “Selfie“, and in a video. He’ll speak at the GDI Trend Day on 14 March.

Wir sind dabei, unseren biologischen Code zu entschlüsseln. Können wir bald die Energie von 10’000 Stunden Meditation mit einem Klick downloaden? Wie werden wir in Zukunft glücklich? Dies fragte GDI-CEO David Bosshart in einem Video-Referat, welches am Wellness Summit in New York gezeigt wurde.