The continuous - and increasingly ridiculous - import tariff threats by the American president, makes me wonder if he already knows the forthcoming SCOTUS verdict. Losing could well explain his ridiculous threats. Winning could, however, also explain the forthcoming SCOTUS verdict. The absence of that verdict - about the legality of import tariffs - could well imply...
Mid October 2025, I noticed an intriguing SCMP article: China’s military mouthpiece calls for ‘deep integration’ to beat joint operation weakness. In my view, the opposite is true: deep integration will increase vulnerability. Moreover, Russia will require its Max messenger app pre-installed on all smartphones sold in Russia (eg, CNN), similar to the mandatory...
Various articles discuss who has won the trade war between Europe and USA (eg, Politico-1). Apparently, the more taxation, the better. Seriously?? This lack of perspective worries me. France (and others) complain about the lack of reciprocity of import tariffs for USA (eg, Politico-2). Such articles forget - or ignore - some very important things: Impact of import...
On 12 June 2023, I published my blog Artificial Intelligence, a SWOT analysis. I still like its perspective but it lacks focus. Today, I publish my update on the key ingredients in my SWOT analysis, being Technology (Strength), Energy (Weakness), Health (Opportunity), and Beliefs (Threat). Source: my 2023 blog Artificial Intelligence, a SWOT analysis Source: my 2025...
A local friend made the (Dutch) comment above. He urged me to consider this and write about it. His smirky smile suggested that his remark had an ambiguous (eg, sexual) context, which is rather common. Actually, Science (eg, Boston Uni, Physics, TH) agrees with his observation: Yes, friction is necessary for forward motion in many cases. When an object pushes...
I suppose that people would view a break-up (eg, agreement, businesses, divorce, friendship, relationship) as the result of someone who is winning and someone who is losing. However, some break-ups will either result in two winners or in two losers. Real-life is different from (a) game theory. Most games are designed to result in winners and losers - and having fun...
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