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...
My blog title is borrowed from a recent PS article that caught my interest. Wealth has always been a metric for Power. It’s very hard to imagine that Big Tech billionaires could - let alone would - be considered a metric for wisdom. Nevertheless, the quote below suggests differently. “In an America where wealth has increasingly become the primary source of social...
I’ve been trying to cut my ties with someone. Unsuccessfully though. A friend keeps asking me why I’m failing. I have no explanation and/but I seem to undermine my own efforts. I did cut my ties with others. To be fair, they cut their ties with me first. It took me quite some time to reciprocate their deeds. Apparently, cutting ties is more than just a two-way...
Waarschijnlijk is mijn titel een van de grootste vragen in Nederland. Technisch gezien levert de grootste coalitie partij meestal de premier. Het antwoord op mijn vraag zou dus zonder meer “JA” kunnen zijn. Toch verwacht ik - uiteindelijk - een “NEE”. Deze blog legt uit waarom. Het woord “uiteindelijk” is belangrijk. Als hij te vroeg aangeeft géén premier te...
Afgelopen vrijdag 24 november bleek de VVD consensus om met de PVV te gaan regeren plotseling verdwenen. Velen vermoeden een VVD spelletje; waarschijnlijk omdat politiek uiteindelijk (alléén) om macht gaat. De nieuwe VVD partijleider heeft hierdoor wel mijn respect verloren. De nieuwe VVD partijleider is (mijns inziens) de hoofdverantwoordelijke voor de PVV winst....
One of the differences between men and women is that many women believe they can be friends with men, with no (romantic) strings attached. Most men believe Oscar Wilde: "Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship." Interestingly, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was a homosexual. Hence, it's a gay...
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