Walter Karban

Walter Karban, who spent more than four decades as an entrepreneur in the context of information technology, was one of the first protagonists of the early Internet in Austria (1994 to 2009). With his company he was a partner of wellknown enterprises in database development and platform design, as well as the developer and operator of a regional search engine and of anonymization services used worldwide. He is certified as a data protection officer and holds a doctorate in philosophy / cultural studies with a focus on network theory, systems, and complexity. The positions presented in this book are based on his experience as an IT developer, his involvement with philosophical problems which are partly the result of lectures and discussions at the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Vienna and at the Danube University of Krems.