Recently, I watched a short documentary from the Guardian about Chinese women who travel to other countries, like the United States, hoping to become mothers. These...
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Concerns about (Online) Gambling in the Netherlands
The Shift from Paper to Pixels: The Rise of the E-reader
Small things can have big impact
Sometimes I find it hard to come up with a topic for a blog post. Since this is my last one, I wanted to try something...
Continue reading...The Ethics of Online Shaming: Accountability vs. Cancel Culture
Digital Cooking Culture
While I tend to have bleak messages in other blog posts, today I want to talk about an enormous shift in food culture in places with...
Continue reading...the gratitude journal & why it changed my life
Two years ago, I started a journey to discover myself, improve, and bring out the best in me. Like many people, I was inspired by self-help...
Continue reading...The Simple-pocalypse
Recently, I was looking for a recipe to make a mousse for my brother’s birthday. For a few months we’ve been exchanging an idea of a...
Continue reading...Algocracy: Government by Algorithm
I am a simple man; when I see a cat video coming by on YouTube shorts recommendations I click on it. For a whole 25 seconds,...
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The trust we have in the World Brain
During the information age, the age we currently live in, the internet has become synonymous with the concept of the world brain. The mind of the...
Continue reading...Sonder; the stories we’ll never know
Have you ever been struck by the realization that every person around you has a life as rich and complex as your own? That fleeting moment...
Continue reading...Against the Storm and Violence in Video Games
Secularisation, Individualism and ChatGPT
For the vast majority of human history, we lived in relatively small communities, often with only minor religious differences that made it easy to communicate with...
Continue reading...Why you don’t need an 8-step skincare routine
The 8-step routine Serums with hyaluronic acid, rose water toner, and a foaming cleanser from The Ordinary. Does that sound familiar, or not at all? These...
Continue reading...The rise of reality TV: A Cultural Shift We Can’t Ignore
The iPad, the iPhone, the iPod and the iPet: The Advent of Microchips
To the vast majority of animal owners the installation of a microchip under your pets skin can represent a milestone moment of the early stage of...
Continue reading...CDs and digital cameras; vinyl records and Polaroids of the 2020s?
Vinyl records and Polaroid cameras don’t remind me of the 70’s or the decades surrounding it. They remind me of the 2010s. Thanks to the hipster...
Continue reading...We are completely dependent on the digital world, which is terrifying
In this day and age it is hard to imagine a world without the digital (at least for me, someone who was born in 2004). When...
Continue reading...Reclaiming Presence: The Power of Disconnecting
In an era dominated by digital media and technology, our lives are becoming increasingly intertwined with screens. It’s nearly impossible to escape their pervasive presence. Even...
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