A recent Dutch female opinion article argued: "Even if Harris loses the elections, the female surge can no longer be stopped". As a man, I disagree. In my view, the surge of American women has hit a glass ceiling - and very, very hard. Why did Kamala Harris lose so big?? She even lost the 2024 U.S. popular vote (eg, FT Exclusive), despite the fact that a majority of...
Today, the 2024 US presidential election will be held. My blog is not about its outcome, nor about my (current) prediction. My blog is about a topic I've used before: A Nation gets the Leader it deserves (eg, LinkedIn). Alternatively: “Every country has the government it deserves.” A phrase by the French philosopher Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821) Why do both phrases...
Recently, economist Daron Acemoglu and Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology claimed that Artificial Intelligence (AI) can only do 5% of jobs. Bloomberg: “You’re not going to get an economic revolution”. Hence, he fears a “massive crash” in a bubble. I agree. Before his prediction, we had several doomsday predictions by the IMF...
Introduction LO: The article below is an example of why China is curtailing its distribution of data-info to foreign governments and markets. For example: see the “too sensitive” comment in the 6th paragraph of the Economist article below. The article is also an example of the dangers of an absence of a dualism beween Knowledge and Power. In monism, everything is...
Introduction LO: This fine Quanta article focuses on the how of evolution. I miss an explanation for why did life get big and complex? In my view, Everything follows Why (eg, how, what, when, where, who). The article briefly mentions the multiple attempts in transferring from successful simple single cell organisms (eg, bacteria) towards complex multicellular...
Early 2016, I wrote my blog: Unknown unknowns – dreams. I suppose dreams are often about doubt, fear, hope & love. Sometimes, my dreams feel like science-fiction. According to ancient Sumerian (religious) beliefs, the human soul can travel during sleep and in the afterlife. In my view, the soul is the linking pin between individual and universal consciousness....
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