Maybe a supernatural being created human, but we created technology. All living beings communicate, but man has transformed communication into an over sophisticated art, in which technology has changed every aspect of our social life forever. We propagate quattuorvigintillion zettabytes of big data all over the world, but having received all information does not equal understanding the message. Fundamental believes of any kind are causing conflicts and wars, based on monopolistic economics and ancient financial opportunism. The egomania of the social networks has reached the puppets of world leadership playing to the tunes of money. Electronic stock markets replaced our natural pulse with artificial byte-beats. Imagine a decentralized computer, where anybody can upload information for everybody use, but unchangeably linked to the originator. An eternal memory, programmed to self-execute and distribute all validated information over federated equal nodes. Information held in a strong, self-protected crypto-secured guarantee, replacing the need for any third-party intermediary and providing absolute trust. The art of communication survival in the information jungle might be the decisive human capability to survive our future. "Communicare necessere est."
About the Author: Joachim Beckh, * 1963 in Stuttgart, joined the German Navy in 1985. Studied electro-mechanic and electronic science, as Naval Communications Officer updated consistently his knowledge to new standards and technologies. Five years' active sea duty with maintenance and operation of Communication, Command and Control and Information Systems (C3IS) on-board the destroyers FGS ROMMEL (1987/88) and MÖLDERS (1990/93). Tutor of Naval Communications, then IT-Security Officer with responsibility for the technical infrastructure of the Naval Communications School (1994/2002). As Curator of the Naval Museum of Communication guided tours for more than 3.000 national and international students and foreign visitors. United Nations Mission assignment in the Headquarter Stabilization Force (HQ SFOR), Combined Joint 6 (CJ6) Operations, Sarajevo, Bosnian-Herzegovina with advanced national, UN, and NATO tasks (1999/2000). System Administrator for distributed File- and E-Mail-Network in the Submarine Flotilla and the whole IT-Infrastructure of the Naval Base (2002/2003). IT-Officer for Character-oriented Information Exchange and CIS Management for national, NATO, and Coalition Systems at the Fleet Headquarter (2004/2013); including since 2007 the technical representation of the Navy in international Maritime Security (MS) events. MS responsibilities continued 2013 in the Naval Support Command, taking in 2014 the position as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Maritime Security in the division of Plans and Concepts, International Relations, at the Naval Command. Contributions in national and international organisations as i.e. EU, NATO, SUCBAS, MARSUR, V-RMTC/T-RMN, as Coordination, Security, and Technical Working Group Chair and Project Manager in various programs, workshops and high-profile events. Senior Expert for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Combat Systems, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) in Maritime Affairs. Wrote numerous publications on maritime technology and military/naval history. Voluntary Employee and Advisor of the International Maritime Museum in Hamburg.