


KarstenS: BBC News….
THOTBLD: Where are you from?
KarstenS: Germany
THOTBLD: Can you pronounce your name for the audience?
KarstenS: My name…, Karsten Schmidt, I am here at OFFF, talking the news…Hehe.
I don’t know what is the plan is….
THOTBLD: No plans…. Confront the world in the crisis of today…in this destopia world…?
KarstenS: Whoa… How do I bring utopia to the world…? hehe whoa, is really hard to….
THOTBLD: How do you make a living?
KarstenS: From various things, the main thing is design interaction research. Is probably what a lot of people say of themselves…. But everything I do, I try to learn, I try to learn something new from every project. I make a big effect in every project trying not to repeat myself. I try to learn something new, whether is a new process, or with new technology, but also don’t try to use the new technology for the sake of it!
Chinese philosopher Ti-Yong, have you ever read The Diamond Age-Neal Stephenson, he is talking about the, essence of something, and also the practical essence of something…. I spoke about this in my talk yesterday as well. Because I really like the concept.
Like in the western world we use technology for the sake of technology, without really thinking about the bigger implication.
Confucius is big on the teaching, I am big on western philosophy….Could he be a student of Confucius…?
He…come at really early time, like the 2nd century. And then it becomes really important when westerner come to China…. And introduced all the new technology and stuff….
And all the old scholar, thought they would like to be part of the whole new development. You know, using technology to bring society forward…. But there is a whole new problem how technology is de-solving the Chinese society…actually, where everything is focus on new technology and no one think about anything anymore.

To be continue….
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Other posts of the serie
- Interviews - October 1, 2009
- Karsten Schmidt [Toxi] Interview Part II @OFFF 09 - May 21, 2009
- Joshua Davis on Casey [at] Offf 09 - May 18, 2009
- Karsten Schmidt [Toxi] Interview Part I @OFFF 09 (This post) - May 12, 2009