Following American election results (eg, New York City, New Jersey, Virginia), I doubt that Europeans can and/or will truly understand Americans. European socialism is dead, while European nationalism is surging. “Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York in a historic victory that will put an avowed democratic socialist — and the first Muslim...
On 4 September 2024, I prepared my initial diagram (left) on Doubt, Hope, Fear & Love. Something was missing though. I did think about adding Belief systems but failed to 'see' the new lay-out in my mind. On 1 October, I 'received' new inspiration. The result is my updated diagram (right). My 2024 blog: de nieuws cyclus My 2025 blog Doubt Fear Hope & Love vs...
My 2016 triangle of 3 dimensions, Love, Knowledge & Power, including 7 Belief systems: (1) Love (1x Love), (2) Money, Politics, Religion (3x Power), and (3) Philosophy, Science, and the Truth (3x Knowledge). Please see my - still evolving - diagram below: Source: my 2020 blog Source: my 2025 blog is it possible that the 2025 American political chaos does not...
Recently, I watched the TV crime series Dalgliesh, SE03 Ep5+6, in which a bartender made the remark that some villagers viewed the nearby nuclear power station as a "necessary kind of evil". Necessary referred to jobs and money (eg, villagers). Evil referred to nuclear (eg, radiation, waste). "A necessary evil is an evil that someone believes...
Afgelopen dinsdag las ik de volgende wetenschappelijke quote in het Vlaamse dagblad De Standaard, een typisch voorbeeld van het EN-OF dilemma: "De zee zit vol plastic troep. Eén man is de verpersoonlijking van de grote schoonmaak: de Nederlander Boyan Slat met zijn Ocean Cleanup. Maar mariene wetenschappers blijven sceptisch. “We stoppen onze beperkte middelen beter...
Intro LO: The biggest problem of a debt crisis is the increasing interest burden in annual government budgets. This explains why Trump wants to replace the chairman of the Federal Reserve, who resists lowering interest rates. Lower interest rates would - normally - help in containing the annual interest burden. Wikipedia: "A debt crisis is a situation in...
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