A blog by Leon Oudejans

Tech and Geopolitical Cycles (GPF)

29 Jan, 2023 | Knowledge, Love, Power

GeoPolitical title: Tech and Geopolitical Cycles By: George Friedman (eg, Wiki) Date: 24 January 2023 "There have been seemingly endless reports of massive layoffs in the tech industry. Partly they are due to economic circumstances, of course, but overlooked in the...

Global Property Market Faces $175 Billion Debt Spiral (Bloomberg)

28 Jan, 2023 | Knowledge

Bloomberg title: Global Property Market Faces $175 Billion Debt Spiral Bloomberg subtitle: A sharp drop in commercial real estate is bleeding into the real economy. By: Neil Callanan Date: 20 January 2023 "The slump in the world’s biggest asset class has spread from...

Boredom vs curiosity

27 Jan, 2023 | Knowledge

Lately, I've been watching movies or series, either on streaming media or on TV, that are boring. However, boredom is a prerequisite for curiosity, either external (ie, through our senses) or internal (ie, inside your mind). See my blogs on boredom versus curiosity. I...

You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar

26 Jan, 2023 | Knowledge

Recently, I was reminded of the above saying as I had a choice in my response: angry, cynical, or playing dumb. That choice also relates to my blog Choose your battles wisely. Moreover, a 2013 article in Foreign Policy argued that "There are many more ways to be a...

Consciousness, a known unknown

25 Jan, 2023 | Knowledge

On 29 December 2022, Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant published an interesting interview on consciousness with Dutch cardiologist Pim van Lommel. In his view, "there is no life after death, but there is continuity of consciousness" (my translation). His opinion would...

The micro to macro arrow: is growth irreversible?

24 Jan, 2023 | Knowledge, Love, Power

Last week, a friend used an unfamiliar analogy. Once you're swimming in the deep pool (c.2.60m) then the children's pool (c.25cm) is no longer relevant. The inbetween pool (c.1.50m) is just nice to cool off. There appears to be a micro to macro arrow, next to the...

Feeling ignored

23 Jan, 2023 | Knowledge, Love, Power

Recently, I dreamt about being ignored. The evening before, something happened that may well have triggered that dream. Feeling ignored may, however, be misguided as not everyone pays immediate attention. Ghosting is a modern name of deliberately ignoring virtual...

China’s giant downshift (Axios)

22 Jan, 2023 | Knowledge, Power

Axios Markets title: China's giant downshift By: Matt Phillips Date: 18 January 2023 “China's economy posted its second-slowest year of economic growth since 1976, another indication the post-COVID world economy could be vastly different from the decades that...

What’s slowing down science (Axios)

21 Jan, 2023 | Knowledge

Axios Science: What's slowing down science By: Alison Snyder Date: 13 January 2023 "Discoveries that push science in new directions are happening less often than they did in the last century, according to a new finding that will frame debates about how (and...

Dirty laundry

20 Jan, 2023 | Love

Why would anyone want to display her/his dirty laundry in public?? Merriam-Webster on dirty laundry: "private matters whose public exposure brings distress and embarrassment". The reasons that I can think of are both positive (ie, Love) and negative (eg, hate, revenge...

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