Some time ago, a Belgian politician wondered how to define common in ‘common interest’ when nearly everything and everyone is being doubted today. That issue also applies to common knowledge and common sense. What is common nowadays? A country’s Ministry of Defence used to be common. Nowadays, the American Department of Defence has been renamed into the Department...
The above phrase is from a recent SCMP article (on trade and EV tariffs). In and of itself, this phrase seems true. Once you reflect on the meaning of progress then things get fuzzy because progress is philosophical and one-directional. “Progress is movement towards a perceived refined, improved, or otherwise desired state. It is central to the philosophy...
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...
Intro LO: De vraag hierboven en hieronder is interessanter dan die lijkt. Mijn inziens is het antwoord zowel een JA als een NEE, afhankelijk van hoe je denken definieert. Waarschijnlijk heeft psycholoog Daniel Kahneman (1934-2024) daarom een splitsing aangebracht tussen snel en langzaam denken (zie boek). Snel denken is eigenlijk vooral reageren, zowel emotioneel...
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 said to my mother that everything will be alright; in Dutch: "uiteindelijk komt alles goed". It's also a key phrase by Sonny Kapoor (ie, Dev Patel) in the 2011 film The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: "Everything will be alright in the end. And if it's not alright, then trust me, it's not yet the end." I think, feel and believe that Sonny Kapoor's phrase is...
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