We’ve all been misled about what the Metaverse will look and feel like — The Metaverse is a trillion-dollar business. In 2025 alone, the Metaverse could generate a cumulative value of $1 trillion. Naturally, companies are scrambling to be the first to market with a revolutionary Metaverse gadget to secure the biggest piece of the pie. And because there’s so much money at stake…

Stop wondering “What’s Wrong With Me”? and explore what your behavior helped you cope with in the past — How many times have you caught yourself making the same mistake over and over again? Did you get involved in a relationship with the wrong person again? Have you once again failed to stick to your diet, despite all your good intentions? …

Or why my brain won’t ever let me have nice things — You know I don’t believe in speculating with cryptocurrencies. I’ve been quite vocal about that. I think they’re a scam designed to make a few rich at the cost of the majority. But there were times — long before people recklessly wasted their lifesaving because of FOMO — when you…

Why the way you think about yourself might be more important than your technical skills — Have you been told that you have to be good at math to work in tech? That you need to learn how to program? Or that tech is for men? Don’t let people fool you. None of that is true. You don’t have to be a math genius, you don’t…

In today’s hot job market, there are mistakes you can’t afford to make — Are you trying to find new employees? Do you work in HR or as a hiring manager? If so, you’re probably struggling. The job market is hot. And it’s completely empty. No matter how good the offer, you can’t seem to find anyone to fill open positions. For jobs that…

The UN and South Korea are building OCEANIX Busan— the first city on the ocean — Unless you choose to live under a rock — physically or mentally — the negative effects of climate change have become impossible to ignore. Whether you want to believe that rising temperatures are a natural phenomenon or understand that they’re the result of humanity’s wasteful use of resources. …

Relax, we’re not heading for a replay of March 2020 — The Corona pandemic has sensitized us to the sudden outbreak of infectious diseases. After 2.5 years of pandemic and other disasters, you’re probably wondering if you should stock up on food supplies and hunker down for the next round of social distancing. The spread of monkeypox in Europe and the…

Forget Mozart, Sissi and Wiener Schnitzel; Vienna has so much more to offer — This afternoon I was sitting outside the Café Museum, enjoying a coffee while chatting with a friend about the cities we’ve lived in — Vienna, Munich, Istanbul, Dublin — and the pros and cons of the different places. Munich is pretty, but we’d always choose Vienna over Munich. The same…

Researchers found that your microbiome makes your medication more or less efficient — Did you know that the gut microbiome can play a role in how well statins lower your bad cholesterol? Researchers at the Institute for Systems Biology recently showed that differences in the human microbiome might explain why some patients respond better to statins than others. They concluded that monitoring the…