It’s been clear to me for many years now that the primary causes of diseases like polio, smallpox, typhoid, diphtheria, whooping cough and measles are malnutrition and bad sanitation. I’ve written about this in the past, for example, when I discussed the work done by The Control Group Litigation / Informed Defense. Read more ⟶
September 2024
March 2023
Present-day Slavery
Following is an English translation of an article I wrote that was published on Starnieuws today. The original article is in Dutch and you can read it on Starnieuws if you prefer that version. Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was an American slave. Douglass had an — for the time — unusual relationship with his master. Read more ⟶
June 2022
What is a woman? — Censorship on LinkedIn
Apparently you can’t talk about mental illness on LinkedIn. I posted a video by Matt Walsh (originally posted on YouTube) on LinkedIn and got the notification you can see in the screenshot below after a day. Apparently my post only got 8 impressions, but somehow it still managed to attract LinkedIn’s attention. Looks like it was probably flagged by an automatic moderation system. Read more ⟶
December 2021
How to enable the MobileCoin Payments plugin in WooCommerce
MobileCoin is a relatively new cryptocurrency developed under the technical guidance of cryptographer Moxie Marlinspike, the designer of the communication protocol used in instant-messaging applications such as Signal Private Messenger (‘Signal’), and later implemented by WhatsApp. Where MobileCoin differs from other cryptocurrencies is in its strong focus on privacy, speed and transaction throughput. Read more ⟶
November 2020
The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better. George Orwell, 1984
September 2020
Go for repairability
I recently got an email from someone who wrote something that really resonated with me. I won’t say who they are to protect the innocent, but they are free to leave a comment below in case they want to reveal who they are. Read more ⟶
December 2019
Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. Oscar Wilde
September 2019
I’m very busy these days with various projects but wanted to mention that I’m also still working on QuantumGate. While clients have priority (gotta keep the lights on), it’s QuantumGate that I think about before falling asleep every night. There’s some very, very cool things coming to QuantumGate in the future that haven’t been done before, as far as I know. At least one very interesting problem that I’m trying to solve.
I’m also trying to eliminate the backlog of important topics that I’ve been meaning to blog about. For years I’ve had them waiting for me in my “drafts” folder, and I’ve been urged to get back to work on them. I’m sure you’ve noticed the recent steady stream of long-form posts on the blog; there’s more coming soon.
The Master does his job and then stops. He understands that the universe is forever out of control, and that trying to dominate events goes against the current of the Tao. Because he believes in himself, he doesn’t try to convince others. Because he is content with himself, he doesn’t need others’ approval. Because he accepts himself, the whole world accepts him. Tao Te Ching
August 2019
The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words. Philip K. Dick
July 2019
If you want to be incrementally better: Be competitive. If you want to be exponentially better: Be cooperative. Unknown
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn. Alvin Toffler
Banks are being used for social engineering by the Financial Elite
A month ago Starnieuws published a very interesting and revealing article showing how banks are being used by the financial elite to implement their agenda globally. This is information that complements my previous post on the topic titled “The Financial Elite are behind Deplatforming and Censorship on the Internet”. Read more ⟶
June 2019
Our highest endeavor must be to develop free human beings who are able of themselves to impart purpose and direction to their lives. The need for imagination, a sense of truth, and a feeling of responsibility — these three forces are the very nerve of education. Rudolf Steiner
Until you get comfortable with being alone, you’ll never know if you’re choosing someone out of love or loneliness. Mandy Hale
If you make a movie of the present day culture, in the future it’ll be a horror film. Jacque Fresco
May 2019
Too Many Medicines Simply Don’t Work
Here’s an article that you definitely should read and think about in the coming weekend; from “Too Many Medicines Simply Don’t Work” by Peter Coy on Bloomberg Businessweek (May 30th 2019): It’s possible that the medicine you’re taking isn’t helping—even if it’s been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. That’s the upshot of a pair of studies in the latest issue of JAMA Internal Medicine. Not good. Read more ⟶
So long as they don’t get violent, I want to let everyone say what they wish, for I myself have always said exactly what pleased me. Albert Einstein
I’m Rich and Successful
One of the things that I’ve realized and have been thinking about often in the last few weeks is how rich and successful I am. And I don’t mean this in the way that most people understand these terms, which is usually in the financial sense, because I don’t care about being rich and successful in that way. In fact, I’ve written before about the fact that I never want to get rich in that sense. Read more ⟶
April 2019
Reading after a certain time diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. Albert Einstein