In 1811 schreef Joseph de Maistre (o.a. filosoof) het volgende: "Toute nation a le gouvernement qu'elle mérite." Zijn opmerking betrof toen de "nieuwe Russische constitutionele wetgeving". Heden gebruiken we zijn opmerking nog steeds. Zie ook mijn blogs van 2024-11-04, 2024-11-07 en 2024-11-08. Waarom zou het eigenlijk waar zijn dat elk land de regering / leider...
Attitude-Behaviour-Personality
Zero-sum games
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...
Rust, orde en regelmaat
Onlangs nam de burnout het ff van mij over. Ik werd boos - op mezelf - omdat ik mijn zaakjes niet op orde had. Vervolgens voelde ik me opgejaagd door mijn vriendin en ik waarschuwde haar: doe dat ajb niet want dat heeft nare gevolgen. Rust, orde en regelmaat zijn essentieel in mijn post-burnout leven. In mijn 2024 blog Kun je genezen van een burnout? schreef ik...
Done with USA
Since a few weeks, a new feeling has come over me. I have had trouble finding its "name". Its feeling is about the opposite of the fear of missing out (FOMO). The joy of missing out (JOMO) is misleading. I've dubbed my feeling as "done with USA". The less I hear, read or see about Trump's America, the better. I can afford my feelings because I do not live there. I...
Overestimation (f) and underestimation (m)
Why do we keep on underestimating Donald Trump?? Trump’s behaviour may suggest he is a fool, an idiot, or a moron but Jean-Claude Juncker, former president of the European Commission, claims that Trump is “very smart“ (HFD). Actually, narcissists are often smart (PT-2024). In general, we take ourselves as a reference point, a.k.a. "something that is used to judge or...
The rollercoaster of solitude and loneliness (7)
I’m in a new phase of my rollercoaster of solitude and loneliness. I failed to see this coming, despite part 6 of this blog series from October 2024. My comforting feeing of solitude seems to have vanished into thin air. Feelings of (temporary) loneliness have replaced my solitude. I can hardly remember such feelings. I’m not sure if I ever experienced those...
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