I don’t know how many of my readers are actually aware of what happens between “Yeah, the book is written!” and “uff, it’s ready for layout or even print” … or from “Yeah, cool idea for a book” all the way to “uff, the manuscript is finished – in draft.” Maybe I should have started with the latter – which already drops us right into the subject: the – at least for me – dreaded revision = to look at again (literally translated as “look again”), in order to correct or improve.

Or: How AI Programs the Perfect Cappuccino – and Why That’s Dangerous The Space World Research Institute has found in its latest study: 34.87% of people are only functional in the morning because their brain receives coffee as a system update – in other words, every third person. According to the study, the human dependence on coffee resembles less a preference and more a software patch. “Without coffee, consciousness doesn’t boot up stably,” the report states dryly. Not the smell, not the caffeine – it is a built-in driver, and without the coffee kick, parts of the brain simply won’t start up!