Gunter Dueck: There are many consultants who come with quick advice and claim that you can learn everything if you take a course with them for 1000 euros - in two days or even two hours. Many psychologists charge money for "tests" that they have designed themselves and, ideally, have protected by law. The questions can then only be asked by licensees, who of course also took an exam for money. There is often a cult around mysterious methods that are only known to the ordained. Some of it is reminiscent of the priest caste, who often didn't know much more than normal people, but in Latin. But anyone who offers skills as a service can happily release the mere knowledge. A three-star chef will be happy to give you the recipe, so what? You either practice for a few years or you pay him for the food, as before.
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Question: Since I first interviewed you in 2012 for the first edition instagram data of "Prinzip kostenlos", a lot has changed in the digital world and in social networks. How have your own media behavior and attitude changed during this time, especially when it comes to sharing knowledge and content?
Gunter Dueck: As you get older, you tend to become more generous. The number of readers on my website is increasing. In 2016, the millionth annual visitor came on December 27th. In January 2017, for the first time, there were more than 100,000 a month. This steady upward trend does not suggest a change in attitude. Everything is fine! I am currently redesigning my website because too many people are complaining that my articles are difficult to read on mobile devices. "You can't do that, Mr. Dueck!" Yes, that's true. Readers keep me young - technologically and otherwise. Soon I will probably have to post a picture with the text because people are apparently starting to fear pure text. Hmm, these are changes that don't make the content or knowledge better, just more attractive. That costs me time! Do I want that? Hmm, or am I getting older?
Prof. Dr. Gunter Dueck was CTO of IBM Germany and one of the IBM Distinguished Engineers. He is an IEEE Fellow, a Fellow of the German Computer Science Society and a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences. In 2011, Computerwoche named the mathematician, who holds a doctorate, one of the top 100 influential personalities in information and communications technology in Germany.