Jurgen Schwanitz

Every week there seems to be another headline about artificial intelligence. Some companies claim incredible success, while others are now questioning the return on their investment. One recent report highlighted that many executives are surprised by just how expensive AI has become—and more importantly, many don't fully understand why. The problem isn't AI. The problem is the lack of an AI strategy. Over the past year, I've spoken with business owners across many industries. What I've seen...

By Jürgen Schwanitz There is an old idea humanity has chased for centuries: the perpetual motion machine. A magical machine that runs forever by itself, producing endless output without requiring equal input. Engineers, inventors, dreamers, and scammers have all attempted to build one. Every single attempt eventually crashes into the same wall — the laws of nature. Nothing operates without energy. Not a motor.Not a city.Not a human being.Not an economy. For every ounce of productivity,...

The first movie I ever watched in a cinema as a child was in Germany was The NeverEnding Story . At the time, I didn’t fully understand what I was seeing—I just knew it was magical, emotional, and different from anything else. I was I think 8 years old and my "girlfriend" Alexandra sat next to me. The images stayed with me: Atreyu, Falkor, the sadness of Artax… and something I couldn’t quite define back then— The Nothing . Now, decades later, I realize that this story wasn’t just a fantasy....