Unerwartete politische Entscheidungen, die Schwächung der Europäischen Union durch den Brexit, die scheinbare Unlösbarkeit religiöser und weltpolitischer Konflikte, terroristische Bedrohungen und eine populistisch angeheizte Vertrauenskrise in bestehende Systeme stellen die Welt vor ungeahnte Herausforderungen.
Obwohl wir heute mehr messen, überwachen und kontrollieren können als je zuvor, sind wir mit zunehmender Unberechenbarkeit, Unsicherheit, Angst und Orientierungslosigkeit konfrontiert. Ist alles außer Kontrolle?
Beim 7. SURPRISE FACTORS SYMPOSIUM diskutierten außergewöhnliche Persönlichkeiten über Kontrolle und Normalität in Krisengebieten, über die Beweggründe für den Brexit und was wir daraus lernen können, über Medienfreiheit und eine Verschiebung von Kontrollmechanismen in den Sozialen Medien und vieles mehr. Denn schließlich ging es um die Frage nach Möglichkeiten, wie wir Zuversicht und Kontrolle für unsere Zukunft gewinnen können und welche Lehren wir daraus für Oberösterreich ziehen.
- Ich gehe in das Chaos hinein und versuche, ihm Sinn zu geben.
- Wer Leute kontrollieren will, muss ihre Emotionen kontrollieren.
- Die Sorgen der Menschen nimmt man nicht ernst, indem man sie schürt.
- Der Nationalismus ist die gefährlichste Infektionskrankheit für Europa.
- Trust comes with honesty. Honesty is the first step. And then listening. And then stepping back.
- When you are thinking of (out of) control you have to start to think about what is normal first.
- Many things seem to be out of control. However, the next day, the people fix it and start again.
- Religion is the most powerful tool to give hope to people. On the other side it’s also dividing.
- Photography can create empathy out of chaos.
- If people look at my life they think it’s out of control. However, within that space, I am actually in control.
- First, everything seems out of control, but when People have no other choice, it all becomes kind of normal.
- The financial market, politics, science are ways of humans trying to create control of their life.
- I go into chaos and make sense of it – using a camera.
- We can argue, we can disagree. We can have different truths. But it is so important to discuss. It does not happen often anymore.
- It is dangerous to say journalism is just a business.
- It is hard enough to get people to pay attention to important things.
- Maybe we have to trick people, to get them paying attention to important situations.
- Humans in general are very resilient. We think we are not, but we are.
- Sometimes paying attention and asking questions for now can be enough.
- Disruption in economic life can lead to innovation.
- In the EU we have to create more flexibility.
- The problem with the EU is that it doesn’t have a heart and a soul.
- When I was young, most parents thought their children would have a better life. Today we do not have that confidence anymore.
- I believe we have become too individualistic – and people are looking more and more for a community.
- Chaos gives creativity. But too much chaos can get out of control.
- Traditional political parties are failing because they are not addressing the concerns that people have.
- Maybe we have invested too much in universities and too little in technical education, practical education.
- Regarding my personal life, chaos and loss of control was always very important.
- The media have been disrupted. Our business model does not work anymore.
- Focusing on regional identity is the big chance for us.
- The digital world is a big chance for journalism.
- Journalists used to be professionals who sorted out what is fake, what is close to fake and what is not fake.
- Very much of the stuff we call fake news is not fake news. It is an opinion.
- Algorithms: This is what we call the donut-problem. They recognize that I like donuts and I get more donuts. Algorithms are dangerous.
- By controlling emotions, you can control people much better than you could do it by words.
- I need knowledge. Google is not the answer.
- Every progress needs some kind of chaos.
- Das Smartphone ist für die Jungen die Fernbedienung fürs Leben.
- Police should not only talk about traffic or drugs in schools but also about the dangers of Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
- To be skeptical has to be part of our DNA
Datum: 31.03.2017 - 02.04.2017