Neither naïve escapism into virtual worlds nor the technological utopia of space colonization
will save us from facing the big uncomfortable questions. With this year's theme Welcome to
Planet B Ars Electronica is an invitation to take part in an exciting thought experiment: What
if we had already mastered the great challenges of the 21st century? How would we live
(together)? And most importantly: What would our path there have looked like?We will need every
bit of technology but the biggest innovation project has to be ourselves our ability to rise
to the challenge as a global community-a reinvention of humanity!Planet B is not the second
chance for another place where we can continue as before it is the cipher for the
indispensable new and in many forms completely different life and action on this only planet
that exists for us.
