Monthly Archives: mei 2020
Praat – 006 – Ned Howey – “I think all of us have it within us to make really big change.”
In the sixth episode of Praat – which is Dutch for “Talk” – I have a conversation in English with Ned Howey, CEO of Tectonica. Their studio builds online tools for succesful campaigns, political and societal. At this time he is locked down in Barcelona due to Covid-19. We talk about the influence of a […]
Prepare for the Ultimate Gaslighting
Julio Vincent Gambuto: This is our chance to define a new version of normal, a rare and truly sacred (yes, sacred) opportunity to get rid of the bullshit and to only bring back what works for us, what makes our lives richer, what makes our kids happier, what makes us truly proud. We get to […]
The Pandemic Will Change American Retail Forever
The Atlantic: In the short term, our cities will become more boring. In the long term, they might just become interesting again.
It’s Time To Build
Marc Andreessen, in een ondertussen wijdverspreid opiniestuk: The left starts out with a stronger bias toward the public sector in many of these areas. To which I say, prove the superior model! Demonstrate that the public sector can build better hospitals, better schools, better transportation, better cities, better housing. Stop trying to protect the old, […]
‘The impossible has already happened’: what coronavirus can teach us about hope
Rebecca Solnit in The Guardian: Hope offers us clarity that, amid the uncertainty ahead, there will be conflicts worth joining and the possibility of winning some of them. And one of the things most dangerous to this hope is the lapse into believing that everything was fine before disaster struck, and that all we need […]