Dirk Maxeiner

+++ Born in 1953 +++ Works as a freelance journalist +++ He writes textbooks and works for several renowned newspapers and magazines, both in Germany and abroad +++ Together with Michael Miersch he publishes a weekly column in german newspaper ‘Die Welt’ +++  Additionally, he gives lectures about the topics of his publications +++ Was an editor for the news magazine ‘Stern’ and as early as the 1980s he conceived environmental magazine ‘Chancen’ for which he served as a chief-editor until 1988 +++ Afterwards, he served as chief-editor for ‘natur’, Europe’s major environmental magazine of the time +++ Two of his books were awarded distinguished scientifical book of the year in Germany +++ Homepage »

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Future Gazing

Thirty years of futurology at Daimler: Futurology is a well-respected profession, but it has one major occupational hazard: the constant danger of being mistaken for fortune-telling. There’s something about this line of work that makes people expect to see smoke and mirrors and more than a hint of drama. The historical benchmark was established by the notoriously vague oracle of Delphi in ancient Greece.  More »