#rechtoptoekomst #generatietoets #futuredesign #burgerraden #OmbudsmanVoorToekomstigeGeneraties 'De Raad van State spreekt van een ‘Tirannie van het hedendaagse’. De politiek heeft volgens het instituut te weinig oog voor toekomstige generaties www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

#theaccelerationeffect #mythos 'Anthropic is among the first major A.I. companies to decide the responsible thing was to slow down [..] says it is committing $4 million to open-source security organizations. That’s more than anyone else in this industry has done.' www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/o...

#VPN 🇳🇱 and watch ‘Coexistence, My Ass!’ 'Urgent and Brilliant Documentary Finds Radical Ideas Following Israeli Stand-Up Comic’s Peacekeeping Efforts observantly portrays Noam Shuster Eliassi's work with uproarious humor, heartrending moments & bold idealism' #Variety npo.nl/start/afspel...

Visited Ennedi last year 🇹🇩 😍 'I know very well that Chad isn’t for everyone — assessment of risk is personal — but it is for me. I also know how easy it is for the outsider to romanticise one of the toughest environments on Earth. [..] A wonderland, as Rossi calls it' www.ft.com/content/524e...

#GLP-1 Can capitalism survive the curbing of appetites? 'the compound seems to work by taming the brain’s reward system [..] well beyond those for food. [..] What if, for the first time in human history, we have a straightforward tool to remove insatiable appetites?' www.ft.com/content/2d73...

#BiennaleArte2026 #hetversnellingseffect .nl 'Opmerkelijk: dit jaar worden bezoekers gemaand tot rust. Er zijn straks zelfs kleine ‘oases’ ingericht die uitnodigen tot contemplatie. [..] een uitnodiging om te vertragen, in plaats van om door te stromen.' www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...

'online fan storytelling culture is a precise mirror for what we know about how mythology travelled around the ancient world [..] “What would happen if Hercules met our local monster, our local god?” [..] This is the way stories travel between human minds.' www.ft.com/content/4225...

'Ye vertolkt een rol die iets weg heeft van de moderne dandy. [..] Volgens Oscar Wilde leeft de dandy [..] van zijn verschillende maskers en van de blik vh publiek. „Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth” www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

#Mythos 'Anthropic has a tool that “could damage the operations of critical infrastructure and government services in every country on Earth,” Dean Ball wrote [..] They are developing the power to upend nations and economies. These are the AI superpowers.' www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Ga dat zien! The Actor by Florian Myjer / Oh Deer ‘In een geraffineerd rollenspel onderzoekt Florian Myjer de ontsporing van een werkrelatie’ www.theaterkrant.nl/recensie/the...

The Irresistible Glow of Tunis 🇹🇳 'Almost 15 years since the revolution in Tunisia, its capital is attracting visitors who want to be part of a thrilling, but fragile, creative blossoming.' www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/t...

'The answer lies not only in political will but in institutional architecture. Our governance systems were designed for 18th-century complexity. In cybernetics, Ashby’s Law of Requisite Variety holds that any system seeking to regulate another must match its complexity.' www.ft.com/content/3725...

McLuhan: “Narcissus myth [..] real point is that “men at once become fascinated by any extension of themselves in any material other than themselves.” Ezra Klein: 'I have been exploring the deepening relationship so many people have with their A.I.s.' www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/o...

#Thorbecke 'Tech wordt [..] nog zelden ontworpen met het algemeen belang als uitgangspunt. ‘Door marktwerking = het idee ontstaan dat technologie haar eigen gang gaat, onbeheersbaar is [..] de geschiedenis laat zien dat politieke sturing wel degelijk effect heeft’ www.volkskrant.nl/tech/toen-ne...

The dark connector 'Sitting outside ordinary morality is part of what makes him valuable. The dark connector’s role is to make it easier for people of standing to move between their public obligations and their private desires without too much friction.' www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/o...

What the Iran war teaches America’s adversaries 'For US allies, the uncomfortable truth is that even as America creates a more volatile world, they often need it more. The Gulf has no clear alternative. For Europe, breaking this cycle of dependency will take years.' www.ft.com/content/267f...

#Sommelier Chatbots may give a helpful boost in confidence “It helps me have a better conversation with the somm,” Mr. Herbst said. “If you’re starting with an idea, they can help you explore. That’s probably better than just starting from scratch.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/d...

😍 'La Grazia is a stylish, soigné film, ruminative and enigmatic. Like La grande bellezza it broods on the Romanità of the capital; the Romanness, the way in which its history is inscribed on its buildings for those who understand it. And the set piece moments are tremendous' shorturl.at/NA915

'NL moet door de zure appel heen bijten om echt strategisch autonoom te worden. [..] We moeten verder met windenergie, het verzwaren van het stroomnet, batterijopslag én waterstof. [..] Vanuit geopolitiek perspectief kan je bij energie niet zeggen: dit en dit willen we niet.' shorturl.at/6nMc1

#radical #decentralisation 🤓 'Ukraine has responded with decentralized procurement that its officials say is the future of warfare, matching supply to demand that can vary widely depending on the place and time.' www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/w...

#radicale #transparantie 'De Algemene Rekenkamer presenteert Blik op Nederland: dashboard Doelen en Resultaten. Het is een overzicht van indicatoren die samen iets zeggen over hoe de rijksoverheid ervoor staat met het behalen van een aantal belangrijke doelen.' blikopnederland.rekenkamer.nl

#OnlinePredictionMarkets 'we should relate to the future not as citizens or moralists, problem solvers or advocates, but as gamblers, each of us surveying the horizon of possibility somewhat indifferent to human outcomes and looking instead for a betting edge' www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/o...

Hele toffe projecten by @brabantkennis.bsky.social - de Grote Brabantse AI Show - het Brabant van Overmorgen - de ToekomstTop op 25 juni in het klooster in Biezenmortel www.brabantkennis.nl #BrabantKennis

En zo is het! #kruiskade 💚 'Bijna dertig jaar betreedt ze op regelmatige basis deze slagerij, in haar optiek ‘de beste winkel, in de beste buurt’. Het bruist hier, vol gekke mensen’, zegt ze. ‘Je kunt hier terecht voor je vlees, je nagels en je haar.’' www.volkskrant.nl/volkskrant-m...

Harper: “place a short with you.” Kenny: “The buy-side is full of tyrants who deny their tyranny. Sell-side is full of slaves who deny their servitude. Somewhere in the middle, all of human life. How does it feel to finally have the power? Eric: “A constant nerve-jangling desire to enshrine it”

Five ways demographics are transforming the world economy ' “societies will have to overcome ageism, sexism and racism” [..] Ultimately [..]any solution to the economic problems set off by demographic changes will require reforms across the whole scope of society' www.ft.com/content/1527...

#hetversnellingseffect .nl #accelerationeffect 'Scientists reveal that global warming has been accelerating since 2015 and Earth could surpass the critical limit of 1,5°C before 2030.' en.clickpetroleoegas.com.br/Scientists-r...

'China opens robot school to prep humanoids for factory tasks and home chores The robots complete up to 1,250 repetitions to master a single precise movement.' interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/...

'no amount of AI spending can replicate: the capacity for scepticism and the productive friction of disagreement. [..] Human hesitation signals uncertainty; human silence signals a lack of interest. By removing this vital friction, AI creates an illusion of certainty' www.ft.com/content/0c61...

Bangerrrrrrrrr 🥳 🥳 🥳 🥳 🥳 Pensiero Stupendo by @pattypravo remixed by Giuseppe Rocca Salvo www.tiktok.com/@giusepperoc... The original is quite irresistible as well youtu.be/PCzksiXA8x4?... (including a superb performance 😍 )

Dark Darker Darkest 👿 'Why Industry is the Best —and Most Bruta— Series on TV Right Now Industry isn’t an easy show to watch. It’s excessive in almost every conceivable way. Yet somehow it makes that excess look intoxicating even as it exposes the darkness beneath it' medium.com/%40jon.malys...

Great exhibition @ Monopole Schiedam with brilliant work by Guido van der Werve Nummer negen, the day I didn’t turn with the world, 2007 vimeo.com/519959177 (8 minutes and 40 seconds)

#heteindevanhetmidden .nl ‘De vraag is welk politiek ontwerp op duurzame wijze gastheer kan zijn voor liberale waarden. Als dat niet langer de natiestaat blijkt te zijn ontstaat de zoektocht naar welke instituties, kleiner of groter, dan wel.' www.groene.nl/artikel/poli...

#acceleration 'mathematical backing to an age-old fashion rule that clothing trends repeat themselves every 20 years' but “increase in variety is due to both the acceleration of trends as well as society becoming more accepting of diverse fashion styles” ' www.sciencefocus.com/news/major-f...

How will AI reshape the news in 2026? Forecasts by 17 experts from around the world 'From our audience: “‘Breaking verification’ will replace ‘breaking news’ in 2026, and trust will decide who survives,” wrote Vinay Sarawagi (The Media GCC)' reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-wil...

#toekomstverlies 'Andres Reckwitz laat overtuigend zien dat vooruitgang een tweeslachtig begrip is, dat naast verbetering ook verlies creëert [..] Een sterk geloof in vooruitgang kan niet zonder het erkennen van en een goede omgang met (collectief) verlies' www.groene.nl/artikel/doe-...

#hetversnellingseffect.nl #theaccelerationeffect 'The AI-driven ‘kill chain’ transforming how the US wages war Systems from Palantir and Anthropic are helping to turn torrents of battlefield data into thousands of strikes [..] unprecedented tempo of targeted attacks' www.ft.com/content/fedb...

Cees Nooteboom: De essentie van het reizen is dat je je overgeeft aan wat je overkomt. Martin Overheul: "Je overgeven aan wat je overkomt, dat is niet voor iedereen weggelegd. Tijdens die overgave blijven kijken en je laten verwonderen door wat je ziet, is aan nog minder mensen gegeven.'

#SIRAT 🔥 'The actual genetic lineage of this meld of arthouse-slowburn vibes and meditative, lost-soul voyaging, however, is Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker. You enter an otherworldly zone once this trance-like thriller takes a serious turn around the halfway point' www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

U T O P I A vs D Y S T O P I A #Xiongan 'a merit-based residency system that takes into account an applicant’s educational level, skills, employment experience & tax contributions. [..] Card-holders will get [..] local benefits & free public transport [..] expire after 5 years' buff.ly/kJxS6oS

'Marathon is a masterclass in 90s nostalgia The 1990s felt like the future was cracking open – electronic dance music was exploding, PlayStation was advertised like some alien artefact of great technological power, the internet was fun and we all owned it.' www.theguardian.com/games/2026/m...

#friction #maxxing 'This desire for a frictionless workplace [..] we should be more cautious about what we streamline: [..] A study found that social interactions help “idea development” and spread “tacit and informal knowledge” ' www.ft.com/content/18e2...

David Bowie in 1999 "I think the potential of what the internet is going to do to society, both good and bad, is unimaginable. I think we’re actually on the cusp of something exhilarating and terrifying. [..] it’s going to crush our ideas of what mediums are all about." '

Vandaag precies 10 jaar geleden was de boeklancering v 'Het einde van het midden'. Ondergetekende overhandigde de allereerste exemplaren aan Frans Blom & Jet Bussemaker Tien jaar later verschijnen er nog dagelijks artikelen over precies dit onderwerp 🤗 Straks opnieuw @ 'Het Versnellingseffect'?! 🎢

😍 'Qui est cet homme absent de lui-même, indifférent au monde et qui ne croit pas en Dieu, ni à l'amour ni en rien ? Un monstre d'opacité et d'indifférence ? Ni désespéré ni heureux, il reflète l'absurde de la vie. Étranger à tout & criminel vis-à-vis des convenances' www.lepoint.fr/culture/on-a...

Go and see 'Rave Culture: a new era' 🔥 🔥 🔥 (on the 27th of instance @ The Rio (London)) 'an electrifying journey into the heart of the rave revolution, from the first illegal beats in England to its global explosion.' riocinema.org.uk/Rio.dll/What...

'China’s Parents Are Outsourcing the Homework Grind to A.I. Parents in China are turning to A.I. chatbots and other tools to help their children gain an edge and ease the fighting over homework.' www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/w...

'we are sleepwalking into a new age of gender inequality [..] Less well publicised [..] are the ways in which existing forms of inequality and discrimination are being repeated & intensified by tools that have been trained on biased or misleading data' www.ft.com/content/60e2...

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 🇹🇳 ‘Where the Wind Comes From’ 'A Modest but Carefully Calibrated Road Trip Movie Set in Modern Tunisia First-time feature filmmaker Amel Guellaty makes a moving ode to the generation that grew up after the First Arab Spring' variety.com/2025/film/re...

'in een multipolaire wereldorde neemt de invloed v westerse landen af [..] Niet-westerse landen spelen een grotere rol [..] in hun geschiedenis waren vaak niet WO2 & de holocaust de meest ingrijpende gebeurtenissen maar ervaringen als slavernij,kolonialisme & ommunisme' www.groene.nl/artikel/er-b...