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old and new wisdom, for 2024

I’m not much into a kind of spiritual approach, at least, as a beta scientist I’m not sure how to deal with that. I’m more into physics, what can we prove (or at least: what we can’t change…). On a fundamental level that is, not within limited system boundaries where…

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Which books to read, and which to avoid…. (Non fiction…!)

In the newspaper, we get reviews of new books almost daily. But, it’s mostly fiction. Fake, fantasy. We take refuge in dreams. Once in a while there is an interesting non fiction suggestion, but mostly of the soft kind, about people, and their behavior. But books about science, nature, physics…

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NRC newspaper interview: 6 limitations with sustainability

Just a few weeks ago I was interviewed by Paul Luttikhuis for the national Newspaper NRC. He creatively ‘summarized’ my book ( People vs Resources) into 6 limitations and discussed the issues with me. The first one is probably the most important one, and well re-phrased by Luttikhuis as: “the…

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Faster to disaster, with Bill Gates

What I feared was confirmed: Bill Gates’ new book is a noncommittal plea for innovation, technology and economic growth. Sold as providing the ultimate solutions to our climate crises, the book doesn’t get much further than measures we already know and many platitudes about what should be done next. As…

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On books: Tip 1: don’t buy Bill Gates’ book.

We are bombarded with books that know how to deal with climate and the environment, and especially how we can improve the situation. And yes, I am also participating in that, since last week I published a new book that offers tools for improvement, or rather: suggestions for adaptations to…

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Short video’s on People vs Resources

Last week I launched a youtube channel, in which I will post short video’s, highlighting the key issues of the Book: People vs Resources. (Together they might become a movie based on teh book 😉 currently the introduction and the first 2 episodes are online: intro: its an island episode…

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