The author, Dr. Hubertus Hoffmann, grew up in the Harz Mountains near the border with East Germany, the son of refugees from Silesia. Influenced by this experience, he became politically active in the fight for peace, freedom, and human rights as a young man.
He worked in the German Bundestag, the European Parliament, and the US Senate. A fully qualified lawyer, he earned his doctorate in Political Science under Professor Karl Dietrich Bracher at the University of Bonn, graduating summa cum laude.
Afterward, he worked in the editorial department of ZDF’s “heute-journal” news program and at major media companies. In October 2000, Federal President Johannes Rau awarded him the Federal Cross of Merit at Bellevue Palace for “the development of digital media in Germany.” He has also received international recognition for his Global Tolerance Initiative (www.loveistolerance.com).
… The credo of today’s internet entrepreneur and geostrategist:
“We need a new Politics 3.0 with humanity, creativity, and effectiveness. Radical reforms with heart and mind. Only in this way can our democracy survive the challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution with artificial intelligence and the power ambitions of a strong, totalitarian China in peace, freedom, and prosperity.”
In this book, Dr. Hoffmann makes over 100 concrete proposals in 41 thematic areas.