Chat with GPT: What is cultural evolution and does it help ensure humanity’s survival?
While genes shape our bodies, it is ideas that sustain our civilization. Cultural evolution complements biological evolution, often invisible but immensely p...
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Our first van life vacation – Traveling to Marina di Venezia in a campervan
It was finally time for our first trip with our newly purchased campervan during the Easter vacations. Our destination was Marina di Venezia, one of the larg...
Chat with GPT: How fair is the Chinese pharmaceutical system for patients and the pharmaceutical industry?
China has profoundly reformed its pharmaceutical system in recent years to improve access to medicines for the population and to adapt the pharmaceutical ind...
The family adventure begins: our journey to our own campervan
Owning my own camper has been a dream of mine for a long time. To stop wherever it’s nice and discover Europe on my own. The dream never really materialized,...
Chat with GPT: What’s the difference between conditioning and addiction?
When does a harmless habit turn into a dependency? A look at the fine line between conditioning and addiction.
Bicycle tour to Linderhof Castle
We went on a 22km bike tour through the quiet and idyllic Graswang valley in the Ammergau Alps to Schloss Linderhof. The castle complex was built in the seco...
Chat with GPT: What has changed with the electoral law reform of March 2023?
In March 2023, the German Bundestag passed a comprehensive reform of German electoral law. The aim was to reduce the size of the Bundestag and make the rules...
Cycle tour from Penzberg to the Reinthal museum café
On this glorious March weekend, my family and I took advantage of the mild and sunny weather and went on a bike ride: from Penzberg to Museumscafé Reinthal. ...
From academia to longevity: ensuring my software lives on
In the summer of 2020, I bid farewell to academia and transitioned into the pharmaceutical industry, where I have been ever since. Prior to that, from 2015 o...
Chat with GPT: Are the terms court jester and fig leaf racist?
At a private birthday party on February 2, 2025 at the Capital Club on Berlin’s Gendarmenmarkt, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called Berlin’s Senator for Cul...