Intro LO: The recent warning of Janet Yellen (b.1946), economist and former US Treasury Secretary (2021-2025), has been on my mind for quite some time. I suppose this quote is essential for any country, and especially USA: "a state with increasingly expensive obligations and a very limited appetite for taxes." (Fortune) Note LO: markings in quote by me. Most likely,...
Almost a decade ago, I published several blogs on the Rise and Fall of Civilisations (+ part-2), and on the Rise and Fall of Nations (ie, part-3, part-4, part-5, part-6). This 2026 blog is part-7. Back then, my main questions were the why and what (ie, the ingredients) for a Rise and for a Fall. My 2017, 2018, and 2021 diagrams (below) reflect the progress in my...
De Politico artikelen, waaraan Bart de Wever hieronder refereert, ergerden mij ook - enorm. Ik overwoog zelfs om mijn (gratis) Politico nieuwsbrieven te annuleren. De Politico toonzetting leek vooral op negatieve opinies; nauwelijks op feiten. Naar mijn mening is Bart de Wever terecht niet gezwicht voor de eisen van Duitsland en de EU. Het bevriezen van Russische...
Bovenstaande zin hoorde ik tijdens een radio commercial. Als je naar de diepte (o.a. details, micro) van onze kennis kijkt, dan heeft dat bedrijf gelijk. Kijk je naar de breedte (o.a. overzicht, macro), dan worden mensen steeds dommer. De Renaissance man - of uomo universale - was voorheen een ideaal. Ik geloof nog steeds in dat ideaal. Voor mij blijkt het...
The recent raid by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on an American factory, as operated by the South Korean companies Hyundai Motor Company (cars) and LG Electronics (batteries), reminded me of the 1992 novel Rising Sun by Michael Crichton (1942-2008). "Although a detective/murder mystery novel at first glance, Rising Sun deals...
Probably, Simon Kuper is (mostly) right in his recent FT article (below). In general, Simon Kuper is a good writer. This article seems, however, rather keen to illustrate a negative view. Slowly, I’m developing a more positive view about Artificial Intelligence (AI) because nowadays I’m actually using Google’s AI summaries. Before, I didn’t even bother as AI is...
Recent Comments