We lost implicit trust in many institutions. Magnified, amplified by the disjointed approach to COVID19, our trust in science and factual research eroded.To blame the erosion of trust on the widespread availability of information, knowledge or fake news is just condescending and rather insulting.
Who to trust these days? Even when it looks, sounds or reads like factual evidence, it just may not be. Which means that so much could be anyone’s opinion, whether a self-styled commentator or a vetted authority. We can only truly make up our mind if we gather, test and...
Not a day without its litany of advice: don’t eat this, don’t eat that, drive like this, not like that, don’t go there, go there … And when the advice stops, then the incentives, the nudging, or even the orders start. You will take the bus. You will insulate your windows. You will agree. You will eat your broccoli. ...
4000 UK sub postmasters had to repay funds that never went missing in the first place, 900 were convicted of theft, jail time for many and at least 4 suicides. The prosecution of these UK Post Office sub postmasters may have been a direct result of corporate greed, personal incompetence,...
Legacy software are these awkward pieces of software you inherit, cannot get rid of and eventually slowly rot at the heart of your system. The ones that are essential, and yet date from the years when punch cards, optical readers and switch-boards were the cutting edge of IT. Yes, and...
The end of the year is a time of introspection. Did I miss anything? What were the highlights of the year? Ah, the irresistible attraction of the Year’s Best Movies listings. That is how I ended reading the best movies of the year in De Standaard. Their critics describe each film...
Apparently Netflix got a reprieve thanks to Stranger Things. Well. Looking at my feed, the bets to keep me as a client seem twofold: random content selection – quite ironical in itself for a non-linear content provider – and a wall of comedy and stand-up. And yet, my laugh-o-meter has reached a...
This post took me a surprisingly long time to write. It was not the difficulty of the subject or the lack of inspiration. Not even existential boredom. On the contrary. The reason was that raw material never stopped flowing. A flood of information. Political scandals come slushing down the hill...
31 years ago, I was glued to my TV screen watching the first bombs falling on Baghdad. It was on CNN. And it gave a new meaning to “live reporting”. Today, concerned by the war in Ukraine, I watch live streaming from Kiev and frontline combat videos uploaded a few...
First we had Disease. Now we have War screaming out from our screens. Some already predicted Famine is around the corner. The disruption of the world’s granary made it even nearer. Death has stalked our private lives for the past 2 years. It is now unleashed in Ukraine. Technically, the...
To maximise revenue opportunities, core agreements on exchange values are needed that go beyond the financial instruments existing today. A present-day Bretton Woods conference to agree the basic principles and mechanisms of the metaverse in all its financial aspects.
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