To live, to love, and to leave a legacy.
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My CV
Hello, we might not have met yet, but I would like to ask you if you see a possible match with my CV and an organization in The Netherlands (or a flight away, if I can regularly work from home). My keywords are: internet, innovation, (big & meta) data, privacy & security. I have experience managing up…
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PKUniversity Step 1
The concept of current education came from the industrial revolution … the system is behind the times as a significant part of the work world is now in the age of knowledge & services. What does one need to survive in that world? Not the typical order of importance (math, physics, chemistry, some geography, religion…
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Our Tax Money in ICT
AutomatiseringGids.nl published an article about the 25 biggest company internal IT departments. These are the governement run positions (and our tax money): 3) Defense (IVENT) with 3000 4) Tax Agency (B/CICT) with 2962 5) Police (vtsPN) with 1818 14) UWV (IV-functie) Social Security with 500 16) OM & De Rechtspraak (ICTRO) Public Prosecution & Justice…
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Karen Armstrong
Ever since she was on the TED video podcast I have been following the recent work of Karen Armstrong – she has some good thoughts and can communicate them very well. I appriciate & applaud her efforts regarding the “Charter for Compassion” project.
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What to do when the law prevents me from doing good?
It is my belief that in our current society we are forced to “live life against the law”. We humans are tinkerers wanting to express ourselves; we are again in a phase where we “make our own”, but in contrast to a century ago when we made to use & consume, we now use technology…
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Free State Project
The First 1000 pledge still needs signatories. Unfortunately it would not impact much if I moved (as I would not be able to vote), but I hope the New Hampshire project will help loosen the immigration laws. Ian Bernard said: “I will move to New Hampshire by 2008-12-31 where I will work to bring about…
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RIP: Milton Friedman
While I have not yet read any of his books, I have always greatly admired and appriciated the man. Right now I am watching the “Free to Choose” video-excerpts on some website – it is amazing how Libertarian he was and how he influenced people like Arnold Schwarzengger with his consice message of liberty.
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Vendor Relationship Management
Might this new VRM buzzword replace advertising and crumble products like AdSense?
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Life is simple (again).
Eve Ensler is the playwright of The Vagina Monologues and The Good Body and founder of the global movement V-Day, which is working to end violence against women and girls. In a presentation from TED2004 she mentioned a fundamental truth that immediately made my life so much easier: when we give in the world what…
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Simple Society
As a long-time member of the Simple Society and the Alliance for Human Empowerment I now see my vison for PKU become more clear. While I believe in the Capital Homesteading concept that was developed by The Center on Economic and Social Justice, I still have a hard time combining this with my strong Libertarian…
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