Digitization is changing lots of things, but not everything. People's response to changes has remained fairly constant. That hasn't changed at all. In our slide show, we contrast historical statements with current statements.
"The shunning of responsibility is a sickness of our time." (Otto Eduard Leopold Fürst von Bismarck, Prussian-German statesman and 1st Imperial Chancellor, *1815)
"I think it's a typically German phenomenon: First we worry, and then we see the opportunities." (Oliver Bäte, CEO of Allianz, 2016)
"The fear of responsibility favors the dash into dependency." (Erich Limpach, German poet, author and aphorist, *1899)
"Let's be the drivers, not the driven!" (Rüdiger Grube, CEO of Deutsche Bahn, 2016)
"Everything changes." (Ovid, aka Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, *43 B.C.)
"Digitization will permeate every single area without exception." (Rob Nail, CEO of Singularity University, 2016)
"You can lead better with a long leash than with a short noose." (Hermann Lahm, author, *1948)
"We have to let big data off the leash." (Gesche Joost, Internet ambassador of the German Federal Government, 2016)
"Being human means being conscious and being responsible." (Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist, professor of logotherapy, *1905)
"The holy grail is when you start thinking about what creates human consciousness. Will artificial intelligence ever get there?"
(Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, 2016)
