The wind is the direction I am currently going. I was inspired about this by the Now Movement, a sententia to express what you are basically doing right now. As I am a pretty lazy guy when it comes to my own projects, I've modified the idea to fit into my Zen Garden. The wind is what currently moves me and influences my decisions. As you can imagine, winds can change their directions, split apart, come together and be whatever they want to be right now. To me, wind is "temporarily permanent", my most used oxymoron.
Wind
Currently I am moved by the seemingly ignorance and disrespect of privacy by the lawmakers. Their plans to:
- use biometric data
- weaken encryption through forcing service providers to backup a "master key" for authroities
- bypass encryption by installing keyloggers through trojans onto your device pre-encryption
- declare service providers as telecommunication providers to have more rights to gain access
- "privately" verify your age while actually tracing adult users through the internet
are a disgusting take on mass surveiling citizen and only lower the bar to extend such laws and capacities / authorities.
In the same moment they try to restrict companies (which is fine to me) to gain data of their users. Making this seem like "protecting privacy, except from us". This is making me scared to lose fundamental and general basic rights. Due to that I am currently focussed on digital privacy, data policy and civic rights. Feel free to talk to me about that topic, send me information and links to articles right into my DMs on Bluesky.
Now
Making apothecary-knowledge easier to aquire
After quitting my old job and taking a break from everything, I decided to start working with a company that offers knowledge to apothecaries and people working in it. This is really helping me to find reason in work again.
Literally planting seeds
Since I moved while finding myself, I found a nice appartment that has a built-in balcony pot in the balcony wall. This is really fun and has so much space, I've been able to plant Helianthus annuus, siberian Capsicum annuum and Myrtus communis last year. This year I already re-planted the Helianthus annuus, brand new Ribes nigrum, Ribes rubrum and Ribes uva-crispa.
Tiny Tools
Also I currently enjoy creating tiny projects. Tiny-tools, small but function-focussed tools.
Planning
Currently I have no plans. For current ideas and plans, check out my Seeds.
Learning & collecting insight
- finding meaning in a world controlled by AI
- AI ethics
- getting to know myself better
- automation
- decentralization & dWeb
- transhumanism
- maximum sustainability design-extremism
- the human species withouth planet Earth
- uniting humanity
Doing
I work fulltime. But besides work I like to play some games (Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis) and also do side-projects to learn new technologies and keep up the hobby of coding.
Listening
The summer is starting, the mood is getting more active and relaxation is playing a big part for personal care. Therefore I am listening to a mix of activating and relaxing songs with positiv sounds.
- berlioz
- Iglu & Hartly
- Quantic
- Gramatik
For more music, feel free to check out my music page in the inspiration section.
Reading
Currently I am not reading any book, but I enjoy reading philosophical articles about humanism and futurism. Especially those that focus on a united species of "Humans". Also I am curious about articles that focus on ethical and social implications of Artificial Intelligence.
Watching
Recently I have been watching "Witch Hat Atelier" and re-watched "Everything, Everywhere, All At Once".
Traveling
After two years of traveling for work, I think it's time to appreciate my home town and re-explore Berlin a bit.