Current State of Science in 2025
When I prepared for my high school graduation exams back in 2001, I had to compile a reading list for the subject English. That reading list was supposed to be focused on one particular theme. While the other students chose works of literature for their reading lists, I only chose non-fiction books and the theme "Modern science, technology and their impact on society". This was how it started: my lifelong occupation with modern science and technology shaping the world. In 2001 the World Wide Web was quite new, so I mostly chose books dealing with the Internet, such as Cyberpunk, The Road Ahead or Release 2.0. But I was also interested in the Human Genome Project and therefore added some books dealing with genetics. In the end I obtained university degrees in both computer science and medicine. So I am an expert in both fields. After graduating from university I founded the website 21st Century Headlines (http://www.21stcenturyheadlines.com/), where I keep posting news items a...