asked in 2005

1. Which of today’s scientific developments should rather be postponed or stopped?

Human power has become comparable in size to the natural forces on earth and gets more and more in the situation to destabilize the dynamically balanced biosystem. There appears the demand: “Obligation to be against nature”. Instead we have to demand: “Obligation to cooperate with nature”, which sets strict limits for the size of human manipulations. E.g. no manipulation with the logistics of the biosystem.


2. How can the increasing public distrust of science be overcome?

Economy and science are meant to serve the human being and all on which his/her existence depends, which means all living and its existential basis.
Science has to demonstrate that it serves the “sustainability” in the sense that it lets the living become more alive. Then people will recover trust to science.


3. Do you see any chance that we can change our present course to escape disaster?

Yes! Do not start your judgement from obvious evidences, remembering: A falling tree makes more noise than a growing forest!
Value creation is always slower than value destruction. You have to be patient.
Get involved and you will feel that the negative pressure will get less, because you will meet wonderful people – all part of the growing forest!


4. Where does your opinion arise that people will ever cooperate enough to achieve solving these big problems?

Because we are by nature cooperative and empathic. The very reason that we do exist after three and a half billion years of evolution is a clear indication that we do have the potential of constructive connectedness.


5. What effect has the RLA had on your work?

More public recognition of the work I have done for decades before.