A blog by Leon Oudejans
Why must I have an opinion about anything?
19 Sep, 2022 | Knowledge
I prefer to skip reading opinions whenever possible. Most opinions are biased or skewed and (thus) increase polarisation in societies. Opinions also tend to follow the click-bait-fight news cycle. Hence, I am careful to avoid writing opinions in my blog. Recently, I...
Fifty million empty flats threaten to plunge China’s troubled property market further into crisis, warns think tank (SCMP)
18 Sep, 2022 | Knowledge
South China Morning Post title: Fifty million empty flats threaten to plunge China’s troubled property market further into crisis, warns think tank By: Pearl Liu in Hong Kong and Yaling Jiang in Shanghai Date: 14 August 2022 "[SUMMARY:] The average...
The War (GPF)
17 Sep, 2022 | Knowledge, Power
GeoPolitical Futures (GPF) title: The WarBy: George Friedman Date: 13 September 2022 "During World War II, one needed to say only “the war” for others to know what was being discussed. We have reached the same point with the Russo-Ukrainian war. This is not what the...
Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Shows Time Isn’t on Putin’s Side (Bloomberg)
17 Sep, 2022 | Knowledge, Power
Bloomberg opinion title: Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Shows Time Isn’t on Putin’s Side Bloomberg opinion subtitle: Russia’s president is overestimating the weakness of Europe’s democracies and underestimating Ukraine’s willingness to fight. By: Leonid Bershidsky Date: 8...
Will high inflation reverse the rise of single-person households?
16 Sep, 2022 | Knowledge
"Single-person households in the U.S. have steadily increased since 1960. Between 1960 and 2015, the number of single-person households soared to 34.9 million from 6.9 million, and their share of total households more than doubled from 13.1 to 28.0 percent"...
Why are people lying?
15 Sep, 2022 | Knowledge
Last Saturday's blog, Men and women both lie in dating profiles, but not about the same things (Big Think), resulted in a private message. She was curious why people are lying in their dating profile because the truth will come out during the first date. I had had a...
A human mass extinction??
14 Sep, 2022 | Knowledge
Several (opinion) articles are warning us for a human extinction. That would indeed be bad for us as a species but our planet will - no doubt - survive a human mass extinction (eg. Haaretz, 3 May 2022). Usually, I ignore such fear-based articles. Sometimes, its...
Extraordinary Attorney Woo (Netflix)
13 Sep, 2022 | Love
I don't watch Korean TV series. It's not my taste (eg, voices). Fortunately, I made an exception for Extraordinary Attorney Woo given its high IMDb rating (ie, #8.8). The story is about an autistic girl/woman, raised by a single father. She graduates at the top of her...
The Chinese implosion – a 2022 update (3)
12 Sep, 2022 | Knowledge, Power
Early 2016, I published part 1 and part 2 of this blog. I'm surprised that the Chinese implosion is nearer than I had expected. Usually, such a development takes decades. I suppose China's swift transformation from pragmatism to ideology is accountable and responsible...
Onverwoestbare PFAS zijn toch betrekkelijk eenvoudig af te breken (NRC)
11 Sep, 2022 | Knowledge
NRC titel: Onverwoestbare PFAS zijn toch betrekkelijk eenvoudig af te breken NRC ondertitel: Scheikunde De schadelijke PFAS zitten overal in het milieu. Onderzoekers hebben een manier ontdekt om de schadelijkste klasse van de stoffen af te breken. Door: Steven Frölke...
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