A blog by Leon Oudejans
Het Nieuwe Normaal
Volgens Plato (c.427 BC - 347 BC) waren / zijn er 5 staatsvormen: (1) aristocratie (o.a. koningen), (2) timocratie (o.a. militairen), (3) oligarchie (o.a. de rijken), (4) democratie (o.a. het "volk"), en (5) tirannie. Mogelijk valt een theocratie (o.a. Iran, Israel)...
The void
Last weekend, a shining sun made me look outside. Between planet Earth and the Sun is a void of about 150 million kilometers. Another view is that this void is full of Light (eg, sunlight, UV radiation, warmth). The Ancient Greek assumed that this void was filled by...
Middle Powers Are Teaming Up (WSJ)
Intro LO: This article represents an American perspective, which is quite clear from the following WSJ quote: “The European Union itself is a good example of the promise and limits of cooperation—it links 27 countries, giving it collective clout to negotiate trade...
Intuition, an unknown known
Intuition has become a regular topic and I finally created a (new) label. The problem with intuition is that nobody knows the how, what, when, where, who orwhy. Intuition is a mystery. It's also a unknown known: we know that we don't know its source. Usually, we trust...
Trump is Europe’s best enemy yet (FT)
Intro LO: I recommend reading this article by Simon Kuper, one of my favourite FT authors. FT: Trump is Europe’s best enemy yet FT subtitle: Lack of a common foe enfeebled Europe — but not any more By: Simon Kuper Date: 5 February 2026 “It’s an old tenet of political...
Is er meer tussen hemel en aarde?
We zien sterren aan de "hemel" en soms ook manen en planeten indien het zonlicht daarop weerkaatst. Daar tussenin lijkt niets te zijn. In de Griekse Oudheid dacht men nog dat ether het vijfde element was - naast aarde, lucht, vuur, en water. Wat die "leegte" dan wel...
The wheel of Life, Nature & Universe (2)
Tuesday's blog, The wheel of Life, Nature & Universe, included a question that has been on my mind for a very, very long time: is it possible that the Universe already existed before planets and stars appeared?? Actually, that question is more simple than its...
When is Change too much?
I have an adage in my life: maximising major changes in life to only one (1). Late 2024, a friend bought a house in Spain and left the Netherlands. My friend speaks adequate Spanish and had visited that region for many years, albeit as a Dutch tourist. My friend...
The wheel of Life, Nature & Universe
For quite some time, I've been writing about the similarities between Life, Nature and the Universe (eg, human brain vs Universe). In my view, such similarities are to be expected when you believe in a blueprint of Life, Nature & the Universe. Below, several...
Reality
Recently, I wondered whether fantasy is the opposite of reality. I suppose there are more views on that topic. The outcome of my diagram (below) feels like quite a (big) surprise. It also feels like another breakthrough in my thinking. Yet, I'm not yet sure in which...
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