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Ausgabe 10/25

Here's to Fallibility

How can I correct my mistakes and learn from them? It starts with admitting to myself that I make mistakes. That's not always easy, but it's always helpful: as a child, it was a prerequisite for learning spelling, knitting, and social skills, and to this day, this admission allows me to broaden my horizons and make progress. The same applies to institutions, as historian and author Yuval Noah Harari explains in his book «Nexus».

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Machines do not Feel the Need to do Good

I recently read an interview in the magazine «Der Spiegel» with Daniel Kokotajlo, an IT specialist who left OpenAI. In it, he develops a scenario in…
I recently read an interview in the magazine «Der Spiegel» with Daniel Kokotajlo, an IT specialist who left OpenAI. In it, he develops a scenario in which an independently acting AI, far superior to humans in intelligence and skills, destroys…
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The Beauty of Diversity

Our society is becoming increasingly diverse, multifaceted, and intercultural – even though political forces are currently trying to counteract this.…
Our society is becoming increasingly diverse, multifaceted, and intercultural – even though political forces are currently trying to counteract this. In times when global powers dare to abolish diversity, it is all the more important to use the…
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Participation for Students!

In recent years, youths have had an interesting experience as part of Fridays for Future: they are seen and heard when they hit the streets and, when…
In recent years, youths have had an interesting experience as part of Fridays for Future: they are seen and heard when they hit the streets and, when they are not stuck on the streets, they even receive encouragement from the public. Nobody expects…
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Creating Meaning as Goal of Education

How can a school movement in the independent school system prevent pupils from developing right-wing extremist positions?
How can a school movement in the independent school system prevent pupils from developing right-wing extremist positions?
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The patriarchy also rules in the Waldorf system

A greater number of female chief executives, more female regional representatives, and for a long time now there have been predominantly female…
A greater number of female chief executives, more female regional representatives, and for a long time now there have been predominantly female teachers standing in front of the class in years one to eight. Even on the board of the German Association…
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We need trained thinking!

It has always bothered me when people in Waldorf circles have belittled the intellectual and academic. I am convinced that we will need one mental…
It has always bothered me when people in Waldorf circles have belittled the intellectual and academic. I am convinced that we will need one mental characteristic more than others in the future, namely a trained thinking that is capable of clear and…
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Yes to an open society

Dear Readers, it is not easy to formulate a position that describes the current situation in Waldorf and Rudolf Steiner schools in Germany.
Dear Readers, it is not easy to formulate a position that describes the current situation in Waldorf and Rudolf Steiner schools in Germany.
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Pulling the plug or the duty to be lazy

Are you also familiar with these mostly male colleagues who, when asked for a meeting, begin by emphasising how important they think the request is,…
Are you also familiar with these mostly male colleagues who, when asked for a meeting, begin by emphasising how important they think the request is, but unfortunately do not have a date free in the near future and, moreover, their weekends are also…
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