Thomas Ramge

Thomas Ramge is a German non-fiction author and researcher.

Early life and education Ramge was born in Giessen, Germany. He earned a PhD in sociology of technology on AI-assisted decision-making from Braunschweig University of Art.

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.

Career Ramge began his career in broadcasting, where he served as a radio host and television reporter for ARD, a German public broadcasting network. He also worked as a political correspondent for Deutsche Welle TV. The book was reviewed by David Reed in the Journal of Direct, Data and Digital Marketing Practice in 2013. The book was reviewed by The New York Times, Fortune, Finance & Development, and Kirkus Reviews. 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." 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." The book received the Axiom Business Book Award (Gold Medal Economics). In 2019, his book Who's Afraid of AI? was published.

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. The book was reviewed by Georgetown Public Policy Review and Engadget.

In 2023, On the Brink of Utopia was published which he co-authored with Rafael Laguna de la Vera.

Ramge is also a faculty member at AI Business School Zurich. MIT Sloan Management Review, and Foreign Affairs. He is also the host of the bi-weekly podcast of the Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation SPRIND.