The Gesamtschau (English)

Money as Algorithm: Why Computer Science and Economics Solve the Same Problem At its core, computer science and economics are solving the same problem: how to optimize outcomes under constraints. In this episode, Alex and Philipp pick up a conversation about what money actually is — not as a financial instrument, but as an information-processing algorithm. Starting from the observation that the Ge...

Markets as Information Systems: What Hayek Really Meant This episode takes Hayek seriously as an epistemologist rather than an ideological figurehead. The conversation starts from his core claim: that knowledge is distributed across all of humanity, and no individual or institution can aggregate it better than a functioning market. From there, Alex and Philipp examine what markets actually do with...

Intellectual Anti-Patterns: The Thinking Traps That Block the Future Before any serious conversation about the future can happen, the intellectual ground needs to be cleared. This episode identifies the recurring mental models and explanatory frameworks that sound plausible at first but consistently lead nowhere — what in software development would be called anti-patterns. From culturalist explana...

System A to System B: Navigating the Digital Transition This is the first episode of The Gesamtschau, a podcast that uses computer science as a framework for understanding social change. Host Alex sets out the core premise: most of what passes for analysis in today's media is noise — short-lived, context-dependent, forgettable within days. The podcast applies a two-year relevance filter, focusing...