Thomas Ramge

Thomas Ramge
Thomas Ramge in 2019
Born	Giessen, Germany
Nationality	German
Alma mater	Braunschweig University of Art
Occupation	Author
Website	thomasramge.de

Thomas Ramge is a German non-fiction author and researcher.^[1][2][3]

Ramge was born in Giessen, Germany. He earned a PhD in sociology of technology on AI-assisted decision-making from Braunschweig University of Art.^[4]

Ramge holds a position as a fellow at the Einstein Center Digital Future in Berlin and has also served as a senior research fellow at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society.^[5]

Ramge began his career in broadcasting, where he served as a radio host and television reporter for ARD, a German public broadcasting network.^[6] He also worked as a political correspondent for Deutsche Welle TV.^[6]

In 2012, Ramge's book, In Data We Trust, was published which he co-authored with Björn Bloching and Lars Luck.^[7] The book was reviewed by David Reed in the Journal of Direct, Data and Digital Marketing Practice in 2013.^[7]

In 2018, Ramge co-authored a book titled Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data with Viktor Mayer-Schönberger.^[8][9] The book was reviewed by The New York Times,^[10] Fortune,^[8] Scripted,^[11] Finance & Development,^[12] and Kirkus Reviews.^[13] Kirkus Reviews described it as "An unnerving yet plausible portrait of a future in which finance capitalism will be as old-fashioned as Flower Power."^[13] Later, he also received the Getabstract International Book Award in 2018.^[14] In the same year, another book, The Global Economy as You've Never Seen It, was published. Rob Tench in a book review for Library Journal called it "Patrons of all levels, particularly students doing reports, could spend hours browsing this superb title."^[15] The book received the Axiom Business Book Award (Gold Medal Economics).^[16] In 2019, his book Who's Afraid of AI? was published.^[17][18]

In 2022, Ramge co-authored another book with Viktor Mayer-Schönberger titled Access Rules in which they discuss the data-hoarding practices of major tech companies and suggest alternative approaches for more equitable and open access to the information.^[19] The book was reviewed by Georgetown Public Policy Review and Engadget.^[20][21]

In 2023, On the Brink of Utopia was published which he co-authored with Rafael Laguna de la Vera.^[5] In the same year, Do you want to live forever? was published which was reviewed by Die Zeit and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.^[22][23]

Ramge is also a faculty member at AI Business School Zurich.^[6] He has also written articles for Harvard Business Review,^[24] MIT Sloan Management Review,^[25] and Foreign Affairs.^[26] He is also the host of the bi-weekly podcast of the Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation SPRIND.^[27]

• Ramge, Thomas (2003). Die großen Politskandale. Campus. ISBN 3-593-37069-7
• Ramge, Thomas (2004). Die Flicks. Campus. ISBN 9783593374048.
• Ramge, Thomas (2006). Nach der Ego-Gesellschaft. Pendo. ISBN 3866120818
• Friebe, Holm; Ramge, Thomas (2008). Marke Eigenbau.
• Bloching, Björn; Luck, Lars; Ramge, Thomas (2012). In Data We Trust: How Customer Data is Revolutionising Our Economy. A&C Black. ISBN 978-0262546485.
• Ramge, Thomas; Etzold, Veit (2016). Equity Storytelling: Think – Tell – Sell: Boost Your Firm's Value with the Right Story. ISBN 978-1535571296.
• Ramge, Thomas; Schwochow, Jan (2018). The Global Economy as You've Never Seen It - 99 Ingenious Infographics That Put It All Together. The Experiment. ISBN 978-1615195176.
• Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor; Ramge, Thomas (2018). Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data. Basic Books. ISBN 9780465093687.
• Ramge, Thomas (2019). Who's afraid of AI? Fear and Promise in the Age of Thinking Machines. The Experiment. ISBN 978-1615195503.
• Ramge, Thomas (2020). Postdigital: Using AI to Fight Coronavirus, Foster Wealth and Fuel Democracy. Murmann. ISBN 9783867746625.
• Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor; Ramge, Thomas (2022). Access Rules: Freeing Data from Big Tech for a Better Future. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520387737.
• Ramge, Thomas (2023). Augmented Intelligence: Making Better Decisions with Data & AI. bf2 publishers. ISBN 979-8372705647.
• Ramge, Thomas; Laguna de la Vera, Rafael (2023). On the Brink of Utopia – Reinventing Innovation to Solve the World's Largest Problems and Reinventing. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0262546485.