To live, to love, and to leave a legacy.
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Time for internet-tech to get political.
The (political) power went from local to central. Now we get the post-bureaucratic age = local people empowered by global data & technology.
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What is the libertarian answer to non-rational actions?
If something where to be of “general interest”, everyone would comply voluntarily, but that is in many situations not the case; it has to be enforced by “higher authority”. Since I have learnt there is a difference between “general consensus” and “general interest”, I was stimulated to think about the question if there is (in…
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Henry Grady Weaver
Most of the major ills of the world have been caused by well-meaning people who ignored the principle of individual freedom, except as applied to themselves, and who were obsessed with fanatical zeal to improve the lot of mankind-in-the-mass through some pet formula of their own. ~ Henry Grady Weaver, The Mainspring of Human Progress…
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Mind Mapping
I use mind maps often to help clarify my thinking by bringing clarity to complicated and unclear situations. I specifically like mapping out complex problems without explicitly trying to map out their solution. Often the solution or future state becomes apparent simply by clearly mapping out (the context of) the problem. I started in 1996…
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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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