A crash course in changing the world.
It is not a surprise but nonetheless really important, I mean the information given in the interwiews of “Outbreak Communication: How the Sources See the Story”. Of course are all 5 strategies important but good crisis communication has manifold effects.
First, a following, second catastrophe can be averted. As told in the end of the interviews people rioted in 1918 because they were lied to. Normally a country has to manage ONE crisis and recover from it. A second crisis…
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Maybe some of you readers are familiar with the game Civilization by Sid Meier. In early versions you needed entertainers to keep your population in check. That is my basic idea of establishing a crisis network which can also provide support in time of need.
First, you will have a hard time identifying those who can help. But normally you can also use a mechanic – before any crisis occurs – to categorize different tastes and also different artists. We also need the information who…
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I had a chat with my neighbors about the topic: What do you think what happens if a catastrophe occurs? What mechanism or institutions do you think exist to help us, for example in case of a flood?
In general they think that the THW, the local fire brigade and the ambulance, combined with police forces and military backup, will provide enough support in case of emergency.
They were fairly well informed - one of their sons was a volunteer at the THW. I had quite a hard…
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...I hope I am not at home.
Right know I am living in a small town close to Nuremberg. There is a channel and a couple of smaller rivers in proximity to my place. If it rains heavily these rivers flood our meadows.
So far, we had enough space for the water not to reach the streets and houses but in the future I can imagine that we might face a flood.
In such a case critical information could be: Which streets can be used safely? Where can people find…
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Islamabad, Greater India, 05/10/2021
6 a.m.
In the poorer quarters of Islamabad rises the sun. A dizzy day is about to come. A lot of cycles and people are on the streets. They make noise, The noise of a living city.
Laxmi just woke up. She is going through her morning routine. But today is a special day. It is a kind anniversary. It is been 10 years since …
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I donated some money to an organization called Saheli. I worked there for a few weeks last year, definetly an interesting experience. It is located in Poona, India. The women at this organization work for the empowerment of local sexworkers, almost only women. Who they are and what they are doing:
"Saheli HIV/AIDS Karyakarta Sangh is the only sex workers collective in Pune. The collective was established in 1998, with…
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The spirit of sports and the spirit of women empowerment come together.
When I found this article at the UN gender equality news feed, I just wondered why this is an information concerning gender issues.
Then I realized that in Germany, I think in the entire western hemisphere, it is quite common for women to take part in sports events, and to be depicted in a sports dress. An overwhelming…
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I know something like that exists - but it is not a 'real' currency, yet.
It is called a Eurodollar and it solves the problem of purchasing-power parity. One currency for one world. No advantages/disadvantages because the money in your home-country is worth more (or less). Furthermore is has a 'real' value, not a virtual. It equals the reserves of…
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I learned at school that during times of inflation, in the 1930s, trade with goods was more popular, and that cigarettes as a currency were accepted. Some things change.
Others not.
Here we go. Yesterday a freind of mine celebrated birthday and we went to a club after dinner. It was usually crowded, a lot of people around and after a while guy came to me asking if I can help him.
We had a chat. He was an american and he did not have enough Euros…
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Hillmar Kopper a, in my opinion, infamous manager, formerly chief executive of the Deutsche Bank AG, called liablitites of 50 million D-Mark, peanuts.
Peanuts...
Meaning that this is not a noteworthy amount of money. This incident occured in 1994. As I heard of that I just had two questions in mind: What is the value of money? If 50.000.000 D-Mark are peanuts, do we need money at all?
Today I know:
We need…
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