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  • Bureaucratic misery

    This year’s Palme d’Or winner, Ken Loach’s ‘I, Daniel Blake’, is a touching film exposing Britain’s bureaucratic machinery as the biggest obstacle for the less fortunate to get ahead with… Read more

  • The thin line separating good from bad

    Entertaining film with great actors (Jeff Bridges!) adding a moral dimension to the well-know topic of bank-robbers-on-the-run-for-a-sheriff-on-the-brink-of-retirement’. A must see, not in the least because of the renewed interest in… Read more

  • Verlosknop

    Psycholoog Ellen Langer, verbonden aan Yale University, bedacht de term illusion of control. Controle-illusie dus. Hiermee doelt ze op onze hersendwaling dat we controle over zaken denken te hebben terwijl… Read more

  • The poor universe

    Hunger is not the reason of poverty. Even the extreme poor don’t turn extra income into 100% extra calories. They buy better and/or more expensive calories. Too often Western NGO’s… Read more

  • “I alone can solve”

    Excellent piece by Yuval Levin from Commentary Magazine on the threat President Trump will pose to institutions, pluralism and – in the end – the American way of life. Full… Read more

  • 5 ingredients for a populist backlash

    American populism according to Niall Ferguson. In this recent talk he explains what is needed for ‘peak populism’ to get hold of America, as we see happening now. The context… Read more

  • President Trump: what’s the matter?

    Donald J. Trump has been elected President of the United States and will succeed Barack Obama early 2017. The campaign between the two flawed candidates was ugly, negative and intense. The… Read more

  • Allesomvattend verlies

    Aangrijpende film over verlies van een kind. Mooi verteld, goed geacteerd. De film pretendeert geen troost of oplossing te bieden. Dat is terecht: het verliezen van je kind verdraagt immers… Read more

  • Hollywood in the 1930’s

    Funny dialogues, a Jewish family, Hollywood in the 1930’s and love affairs; the ingredients of yet another Woody Allen film. The real achievement is that Allen succeeds in delivering good value… Read more

  • Weiner, more than a silly name

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I’m Amy, a minimalist and simple living enthusiast who has dedicated her life to living with less and finding joy in the simple things. Through this blog, I aim to share my expertise, insights, and experiences. Join me on this journey as we explore the world of slow, purposeful living together!

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