Het aannemen van de motie-Pirie (o.a. Wiki) heeft niet alleen mij verbaasd. Lodewijk Asscher vraagt zich - openlijk - in het Parool af: ‘Is mijn partij nog te vertrouwen?’ Gerdi Verbeet schreef dit: ‘Ik ben diep gekwetst en verbijsterd dat niemand van u ingreep. Of was dit misschien de bedoeling?’ Ik zou kunnen stellen dat de motie-Pirie een kwestie van Linkse...
Trust-distrust-mistrust
Will artificial intelligence (ever) understand TRUST?
A recent Axios Technology alert (see below) was no surprise (to me) because trust between humans is essential is nearly every issue, like in business, family, friendship, relationship, school, sport, and at work. Those issues are - ultimately - about competition versus cooperation. Human trust is about known knowns (eg, history, knowledge), known unknowns (ie,...
Success has its drawbacks
Recently, soul legend Sly Stone died at the age of 82. A Dutch narrative claimed his success had important drawbacks, like "drug use and erratic behavior". Apparently, success has like 20 negative factors. Hence, the article The Paradox of Success by Bill Cole. I do recognize several of those 20 factors. My career suggests I have had success. The volume of spamming...
Which nation is worse??
Recently, I noticed two interesting articles on China, Russia, and USA: Axios, 2 June 2025: Exclusive: China's global favorability rising, views of the U.S. turn negative NYT, 9 June 2025: A secret document reveals Russian worries about China Europe is not a nation but a semi-federation of 27 independent nations (i.e. the EU-27) and does therefore not meet my...
A European-Chinese Economic Alliance
Recently, I heard Trump (on TV) warning Europe and China about their (future) economic cooperation. That is quite ironic because he clearly prefers competition over cooperation. I suppose he also “forgot” about the ancient proverb: The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Nevertheless, recent European (and Chinese) communications do indeed suggest the possibility of...
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