Roel Wolfert: Society 4.0 - een nieuwe samenleving | De Kluis 3

14 Mar 2024 · 46 min
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In this Dutch interview, financial‑technology entrepreneur Roel Wolfert talks about his personal background, career milestones and the ideas behind his initiatives Society 4.0 and Regio 4.0. He explains how he helped create the iDEAL payment system and early contact‑less payments in the Netherlands, and recounts being one of the first to issue a blockchain‑based share in 2017. Reflecting on the 2008 credit crisis, he shares lessons about critical analysis, diversification and the importance of tangible assets such as gold. Wolfert outlines his investment philosophy – only invest in assets he understands, favouring regional crowdfunding, energy and food co‑ops, and tokenised projects. He describes Society 4.0 as the digital transition from an industrial (Society 3.0) to a human‑centred, regional economy, and explains how the companion book Regio 4.0 offers practical guidance for building resilient regional markets, local currencies, and cooperative structures. The conversation moves to the challenges Europe faces, the need for awareness and personal values (the “Mens 4.0” mindset), and the technologies he sees as drivers: AI, blockchain, DAOs, 3D‑printing, plasma agriculture, and more. Wolfert envisions an ideal financial system with diverse currencies (regional, community, crypto, gold) that increase stability, and discusses how central banks and large banks must adapt through decentralisation and “swarm thinking”. He also touches on the role of gold and Bitcoin as stores of value, the political split between globalist and human‑centric forces, and personal triggers that push people toward change. The interview ends with a viewer trivia question about iDEAL’s launch year and the first online store that accepted it.

Questions this video answers

iDEAL werd gelanceerd in 2005. De eerste grote internetwinkel die iDEAL accepteerde was Bol.com.

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