Author: Kathrin Passig
Kathrin Passig, born in 1970, is a thought leader of the digital age. She is a co-founder of the Central Intelligence Agency in Berlin as well as the blog "Techniktagebuch." In 2006, she won both the Bachmann Prize and the Audience Award in Klagenfurt. The "non-fiction author and idea generator" (Passig on Passig) published, among other works, the "Lexicon of Ignorance" (with Aleks Scholz) in 2007 and "Internet – Blessing or Curse" (with Sascha Lobo) in 2012. In 2016, Kathrin Passig was awarded the Johann-Heinrich-Merck Prize for literary criticism and essays.

Author: Aleks Scholz
Aleks Scholz lives in Scotland and is an astronomer focusing on the formation and development of stars and planets. He is also an author and has written for "Merkur," "taz," "Spiegel Online," and "Süddeutsche Zeitung." In 2010, he won the Ernst-Willner Prize at the Bachmann Competition for his text "Google Earth."

Author: Kai Schreiber
Kai Schreiber, born in 1972, is a physicist and neuroscientist. After stays in Canada, California, and New Jersey, he is currently researching depth perception and eye movement at the University of Münster.