In a recent ZEIT interview, sociologist Hartmut Rosa makes a striking point: populist movements do not only mobilise anger. They also mobilise hope, action and the feeling that something can still be changed.
Peter Uffelmann liefert in seinem Essay „Die dysregulierte Gesellschaft“ (2026) eine bemerkenswerte Antwort: Viele Menschen erleben die Gegenwart als permanenten Zustand von Unsicherheit, Veränderung und Kontrollverlust.
What happens when automation creates enormous economic gains, but those gains increasingly accrue to capital rather than labour?
A new NBER working paper by Daron Acemoglu, A. Arda Gitmez and Mehdi Shadmehr, Automation and Repression, examines precisely this question.
Artificial intelligence is beginning to transform democratic participation. A recent Süddeutsche Zeitung article, drawing on new OECD and Bertelsmann Stiftung research, shows how AI can make participation more accessible, scalable and meaningful.
From civic technology to organizational intelligence
eKairos operates in the civic-tech sphere with a clear ambition: to foster democracy by creating better infrastructures for listening, dialogue and collective intelligence.
Contact Theory, Social Media und agonistische KI
Oft heißt es: „Wir müssen wieder miteinander reden.“ Die Annahme dahinter klingt plausibel: Wenn Menschen unterschiedlicher Gruppen mehr Kontakt haben, sinken Vorurteile, Polarisierung nimmt ab, Demokratie wird stabiler.
Against Naivety. For Democratic Reality. We are often told that projects like eKairos are naive. Too slow. Too idealistic. Too human. We take that accusation seriously — and reject it.
What is truly naive is believing that democracy survives on autopilot.
EchoPolis versus Twitter
At eKairos, democracy does not begin with outrage. It begins with a table. With voices. With disagreement held long enough to be understood. Our symbol is not accidental: the EchoPolis coffee pot. A familiar object. A shared ritual. A place where arguments don’t explode — they brew.
Metro Polis: Ehrenamtliches Team gesucht
Ab Oktober 2026 bringt metro_polis Münchner Straßenbahnen miteinander ins Gespräch. Ehrenamtliches Team gesucht!
Europa blickt häufig mit einer Mischung aus Bewunderung und Sorge auf die globale KI-Entwicklung. Mein Besuch der VivaTech 2026 in Paris hat diesen Eindruck bestätigt – aber auch Hoffnung gemacht.