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Category Archives: Netherlands
The Two Cultures
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 14 October 2018 “If a scientist were to cut his ear off, no one would take … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Health, Japan, Literature, Netherlands, Science, UK
Tagged haiku, immunology, Sir Peter Medawar, Vincent Van Gogh
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Hebrew prophet
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our Mission Statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 14 August 2018 “It is doubtful whether Homo sapiens will still be around a thousand years … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Canada, Cosmology, Europe, France, Germany, History, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philosophy, Religion, Saudi Arabia, Science, Turkey, UK, USA
Tagged “21 Lessons for the 21st Century” (2018), “Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow” (2016), “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” (2014), Cosmology, Hebrew prophet, Yuval Noah Harari
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Revolting robots
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 26 April 2017 Looks like robots are going to replace humans at work in the not … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Brazil, Economics, Finland, India, Japan, Literature, Netherlands, USA
Tagged Cleveland Ohio, Czechoslovakia, Ford Motor Company, Karel Čapek, Luddites, Margaret Thatcher, Milton Friedman, Namibia, Ned Ludd, R.U.R, robot, Thomas Paine, UK Coal Miners' Strike 1984-85, universal basic income, Walter Reuther
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Η ελπίδα δέν έρχεται
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Posted in Economics, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Politics, Spain, UK
Tagged Alexis Tsipras, Angela Merkel, Christine Lagarde, European Union, eurozone, François Hollande, IMF, Jean-Claude Juncker, Leonidas, Manolis Glezos, Matteo Renzi, Podemos, Simonides, Syriza, Thermopylae, troika, Wolfgang Schäuble, Yanis Varoufakis
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Athens rejects Spartan terms
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Posted in Austria, Economics, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Politics, Spain, USA
Tagged Areopagus, Athens, democracy, Ephialtes, François Hollande, IMF, Jean-Claude Juncker, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Jyrki Katainen, Luis de Guindos, New Democracy, partitocracy, Pnyx, Potomac, Sparta, Syntagma, Syriza, Wolgang Schäuble
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Ichabod
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 28 July 2014 TEN YEARS AGO WE HAD STEVE JOBS, BOB HOPE AND JOHNNY CASH. … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Music, Netherlands, UK, USA
Tagged Amsterdam, Apple, Bob Hope, Eltham, Johnny Cash, Los Angeles, Nashville, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Steve Jobs
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Holland as I remember it
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Posted in Literature, Netherlands
Tagged Dutch literature, Dutch poetry, Hendrik Marsman, Herinnering aan Holland, Holland, Netherlands
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North v. South
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Dutch courage
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How the market economy works
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 5 December 2012 As it does from time to time, Antigone1984 today draws readers’ attention to the … Continue reading
Posted in France, Japan, Korea, Netherlands
Tagged Panasonic, Philips, price-fixing, Samsung, Taiwan, Technicolor, Toshiba
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