Marius Schober

Progress Through Consciousness

  • Free Education Must Come with Commitments

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    4 min read

    Please note that the whole text only applies to students and educations systems where the education is completely free; in this example Germany.

    Germany is a country where students enjoy free education. It is true, public education in Germany is completely free. There is a small fee of around 300€ per semester for students but this fee allows them to use public transport for free. According to Eurostat (educ_uoe_fine09) Germany is spending each year around 15.000€ per student on education. If students study on average four years, it costs the state on average 60.000€ per student. This is a great gift from the state which should not come without any commitments.

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  • Time-Related Stress: It is Simply not Worth It

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    4 min read

    What is the time? Yesterday I read an article by a time scientist. Until yesterday I did not even know that you can become a time, scientists. Well, the real reason why I read the article is that the headline said: “Being on time is completely unnecessary”. Am I looking for excuses for being late? No, I simply like the approach of questioning our current concept of time, clocks, minutes, and seconds.

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  • Better Call Everyone Back!

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    2 min read

    Two days ago I received several calls during the day. My phone was on mute for a few hours while I was attending a course in university. Usually, I try to call back every call but two days ago I thought: “If it was important they would’ve left a voice mail”. Yes, you are right, they didn’t leave a voice mail. So I forgot about calling these numbers back.

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  • Privacy is Something that makes us Human, that’s why you should Fight for It

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    3 min read

    Since the last Wikileaks leak about the CIA, I talked to a handful of people about privacy. Shockingly this is the recap of most responses: “I don’t care if the CIA or NSA is spying on me, I have nothing to hide”. Just because you don’t have anything to hide doesn’t make privacy less important. Here is why you should care about your privacy.

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  • The Market does not care about Theoretical University BS

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    3 min read

    In this blog post, I would like to point out my own opinion on why I think that our current education system is pushing many students into one specific direction.

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  • What I learned after Giving 7560 Minutes of Oculus Rift Demos

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    6 min read

    During the last 7 weeks, I was freelancing as an Oculus Rift brand ambassador. That’s a pretty cool title, isn’t it? Well, the title brand ambassador is pretty American. What I actually did was giving product demonstrations to interested customers.

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  • What is Facebook’s intention of introducing another Snapchat Clone: Messenger Day?

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    4 min read

    As I opened the Messenger app today I saw a friendly face of a friend in a rectangle on top of all messages. I clicked on it and it was another Snapchat cloned feature. The same “story” feature we already know from Snapchat, Instagram, and most recently WhatsApp.

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  • Cross-Generational Education: Passing on Knowledge and Wisdom to the Young Generation

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    3 min read

    Have you ever watched a TED talk? While it is unlikely that you saw one in person (I didn’t please invite me to one) it is very likely that you saw one online. TED is a non-profit organization which is organizing talks all around the world. They organize their events and talks under the motto “ideas worth spreading”.

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  • If you are Dissatisfied Try a Different Path and Retrieve your Happiness

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    3 min read

    Just a few weeks ago I decided to make a Monday morning run my new routine. Every Monday I will wake up, get into my running clothes, drink one liter of water and a small oat-drink and start running.

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  • Will the Big Companies win AR or is there still Room for New Disrupting Startups?

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    4 min read

    Today all major tech companies are investing and betting heavily on augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR). Some bet more on AR, other prioritize VR. Which companies joined the game so far? Is there still some room for new disrupting players?

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