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Thomas Ramge

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Thomas Ramge
Thomas Ramge in 2019
Born
Giessen, Germany
NationalityGerman
Alma materBraunschweig University of Art
OccupationAuthor
Websitethomasramge.de

Thomas Ramge is a German non-fiction author and researcher.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

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Ramge was born in Giessen, Germany. He earned a PhD in sociology of technology on AI-assisted decision-making from Braunschweig University of Art.[4]

Ramge holds a position as a fellow at the Einstein Center Digital Future in Berlin and has also served as a senior research fellow at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society.[5]

Career

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Ramge began his career in broadcasting, where he served as a radio host and television reporter for ARD, a German public broadcasting network.[6] He also worked as a political correspondent for Deutsche Welle TV.[6]

In 2012, Ramge's book, In Data We Trust, was published which he co-authored with Björn Bloching and Lars Luck.[7] The book was reviewed by David Reed in the Journal of Direct, Data and Digital Marketing Practice in 2013.[7]

In 2018, Ramge co-authored a book titled Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data with Viktor Mayer-Schönberger.[8][9] The book was reviewed by The New York Times,[10] Fortune,[8] Scripted,[11] Finance & Development,[12] and Kirkus Reviews.[13] Kirkus Reviews described it as "An unnerving yet plausible portrait of a future in which finance capitalism will be as old-fashioned as Flower Power."[13] Later, he also received the Getabstract International Book Award in 2018.[14] In the same year, another book, The Global Economy as You've Never Seen It, was published. Rob Tench in a book review for Library Journal called it "Patrons of all levels, particularly students doing reports, could spend hours browsing this superb title."[15] The book received the Axiom Business Book Award (Gold Medal Economics).[16] In 2019, his book Who's Afraid of AI? was published.[17][18]

In 2022, Ramge co-authored another book with Viktor Mayer-Schönberger titled Access Rules in which they discuss the data-hoarding practices of major tech companies and suggest alternative approaches for more equitable and open access to the information.[19] The book was reviewed by Georgetown Public Policy Review and Engadget.[20][21]

In 2023, On the Brink of Utopia was published which he co-authored with Rafael Laguna de la Vera.[5] In the same year, Do you want to live forever? was published which was reviewed by Die Zeit and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.[22][23]

Ramge is also a faculty member at AI Business School Zurich.[6] He has also written articles for Harvard Business Review,[24] MIT Sloan Management Review,[25] and Foreign Affairs.[26] He is also the host of the bi-weekly podcast of the Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation SPRIND.[27]

Bibliography

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  • Ramge, Thomas (2003). Die großen Politskandale. Campus. ISBN 3-593-37069-7
  • Ramge, Thomas (2004). Die Flicks. Campus. ISBN 9783593374048.
  • Ramge, Thomas (2006). Nach der Ego-Gesellschaft. Pendo. ISBN 3866120818
  • Friebe, Holm; Ramge, Thomas (2008). Marke Eigenbau.
  • Bloching, Björn; Luck, Lars; Ramge, Thomas (2012). In Data We Trust: How Customer Data is Revolutionising Our Economy. A&C Black. ISBN 978-0262546485.
  • Ramge, Thomas; Etzold, Veit (2016). Equity Storytelling: Think – Tell – Sell: Boost Your Firm's Value with the Right Story. ISBN 978-1535571296.
  • Ramge, Thomas; Schwochow, Jan (2018). The Global Economy as You've Never Seen It - 99 Ingenious Infographics That Put It All Together. The Experiment. ISBN 978-1615195176.
  • Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor; Ramge, Thomas (2018). Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data. Basic Books. ISBN 9780465093687.
  • Ramge, Thomas (2019). Who's afraid of AI? Fear and Promise in the Age of Thinking Machines. The Experiment. ISBN 978-1615195503.
  • Ramge, Thomas (2020). Postdigital: Using AI to Fight Coronavirus, Foster Wealth and Fuel Democracy. Murmann. ISBN 9783867746625.
  • Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor; Ramge, Thomas (2022). Access Rules: Freeing Data from Big Tech for a Better Future. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520387737.
  • Ramge, Thomas (2023). Augmented Intelligence: Making Better Decisions with Data & AI. bf2 publishers. ISBN 979-8372705647.
  • Ramge, Thomas; Laguna de la Vera, Rafael (2023). On the Brink of Utopia – Reinventing Innovation to Solve the World's Largest Problems and Reinventing. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0262546485.

References

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  1. ^ Lubbadeh, Jens (July 9, 2023). ""Wollt ihr ewig leben?": "Schaffen wir es, 400 Jahre lang neugierig zu bleiben?"" – via Die Zeit.
  2. ^ ""We are basically the last generation": An interview with Thomas Ramge".
  3. ^ "A tale of two ecosystems" – via The Economist.
  4. ^ "News in detail". April 27, 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Why 'techno-optimism' is the way to reinvent innovation".
  6. ^ a b c "Thomas Ramge". Design Research Lab.
  7. ^ a b Reed, David (January 1, 2013). "In data we trust: How customer data is revolutionizing our economy". Journal of Direct, Data and Digital Marketing Practice. 14 (3): 278–280. doi:10.1057/dddmp.2013.11 – via Springer Link.
  8. ^ a b "Why Big Data Could Create Big Problems in the Stock Market". Fortune.
  9. ^ Küchemann, Fridtjof (December 27, 2017). "Buchrezension: Das Digital von Viktor Mayer-Schönberger und Thomas Ramge" – via Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
  10. ^ Leonhardt, David (June 7, 2018). "What Data Has Done to Capitalism" – via NYTimes.com.
  11. ^ Li, Wenlong (August 6, 2018). "Book review: Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data". SCRIPTed. 15 (1): 162–169. doi:10.2966/scrip.150118.162 – via script-ed.org.
  12. ^ "Book Review: Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Thomas Ramge". IMF F&D Magazine.
  13. ^ a b "REINVENTING CAPITALISM IN THE AGE OF BIG DATA". Kirkus Reviews.
  14. ^ "Thomas Ramge erhält Wirtschaftsbuchpreis". Börsen-Zeitung.
  15. ^ Schwochow, Jan. "The Global Economy as You've Never Seen It: 99 Ingenious Infographics That Put It All Together". Library Journal.
  16. ^ "2019 Medalists".
  17. ^ "Hitting the Books: How big tech might monopolize AI". Engadget. August 17, 2019.
  18. ^ Henschke, Maik (April 15, 2020). "Bestseller-Autor Thomas Ramge: "KI in Zukunft intelligenter nutzen"". Abendblatt.
  19. ^ "Q&A with Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Thomas Ramge, authors of Access Rules".
  20. ^ "Hitting the Books: US regulators are losing the fight against Big Tech". Engadget. May 8, 2022.
  21. ^ Saxena, Alisha (August 29, 2022). "Opening the Gates: Access Rules Wants Society to Pressure Big Tech to Share Their Data".
  22. ^ Schmitt, Stefan (May 19, 2023). ""Wollt ihr ewig leben?" von Thomas Ramge: Wenn die Lebenserwartung vervielfacht würde" – via Die Zeit.
  23. ^ Spanke, Kai (October 14, 2023). "Thomas Ramge über sein Buch "Wollt ihr ewig leben?"" – via www.faz.net.
  24. ^ Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor; Ramge, Thomas (February 7, 2018). "Are the Most Innovative Companies Just the Ones With the Most Data?" – via hbr.org.
  25. ^ Ramge, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Thomas (February 9, 2022). "The Data Boom Is Here — It's Just Not Evenly Distributed". MIT Sloan Management Review.
  26. ^ "Thomas Ramge | Foreign Affairs". www.foreignaffairs.com. December 19, 2018.
  27. ^ "SPRIND Podcast". Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen.