Europe's Enterprise Zombielimpics
There’s this great comic strip of Dutch cartoonist Toon. During five frames a turtle slowly shuffles toward a tree…
Zen and the art of artistry
Recent attempts to establishing a contemporary art scene in China appear to be struggling with catching on. As far…
A Tale of Obsolesence and Exclusivity
In spite of a mildly obsessive time during childhood in which I read tens, maybe hundreds, of spy novels,…
The Banality of Austerity
Day after day, people previously unknown enter my living room via television news and online newspapers, spelling out what…
The Paradox of Artificial Life
One may say “the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.” – Einstein Something you won’t often find in…
Post-Feudal Escapism
One of my earliest jobs in the wonderful world of ICT involved working for what was quickly becoming a…
Patenting the Singularity
“A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent…
Reinventing The Employee – The Sequel
Identifying and analyzing the systemic and structural problems is one, moving towards a solution is another. On an individual…
The Systemic Problem Of A Single Currency
“Money is a tangible illusion, the frozen shadow of a thousand trade events.” – European fortune cookie Pioneering environmental scientist…
Reinventing The Employee
Rarely do employees and even employers seem to appreciate modern staffing solutions. The world has changed but recruitment and…