From a Martin Gurri piece at Mercatus: “When populists are accused of being offensive or unethical, we must keep in mind that their accusers—establishment media and political actors—have already been judged and found guilty by the public. For this to change, the elites have to change. Somehow, those at the top have to regain theirContinue reading “The guilty elites”
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What great ceo’s do
Worthwhile to check the last page of this McKinsey research. Lessons and practices for leaders, to go back to every now and then.
Innovation as theater
Great piece from Steve Blank explaining why large companies do “Innovation Theater” instead of actual innovation.
Geluk volgens @ProfGalloway
Pax Americana, iPhone addiction and living a good life
Pax Americana in a Chinese world Our modern day addiction Brooks on our Second Mountain
Interesting reads
Had to catch up with my to-reads, here’s this week’s digest: The Chinese mayor John Bolton: is Trump’s “bloodsucker” now the adult in the room? Bullshit is the junk food of experience The economic miracle is over. And that’s fine And watch Macron go on for hours
Populisme is geen bevlieging
Twee keer over duurzaamheid van het (nationaal) populisme, uit Engeland (Matthew Goodwin) en uit Frankrijk (Christophe Guilluy) National Populism: The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy Elite legt het af tegen het populisme en hoe babybooomers het in de VS hebben verpest van de briljante alleskunner Steven Brill “Yet key measures of the nation’s public engagement, satisfactionContinue reading “Populisme is geen bevlieging”
Don’t buy the simple story
Tyler Cowen arguing against the art of storytelling
Strategy is not tactics
What’s the Difference and Why Does it Matter? Read it in this Farnam Street blog
Europe, head out into the world!
Bruno Maçães calls for a far more aggressive European foreign policy. “Crises and challenges unaddressed by an active foreign policy make themselves felt later in the domestic context. That’s how so many Commission proposals come to be: on relocating refugees, on blocking Chinese investment, on countering Russian fake news.” Read the full article here.
Another great ‘Cowen’
How Trump’s ideas are hurting exports
PC is the enemy
Very true, and cannot be said enough
Some interesting stuff…deep state, Europe, Kurt Vonnegut…
Deep state or corrupt government? Tyler Cowen and Nassim Taleb on the trouble with education Kurt Vonnegut on how to write good short stories How D-Day was planned Fifty lessons from the Gulag Can Europe save the world? Addiction & Fortnite
More realism – and not idealism – is needed
“Vice to which great powers easily succumb in a multipolar world is inattention; in a bipolar world, overreaction; in a unipolar world, overextension.” Isn’t that precisely what we have been witnessing? Convincing Foreign Policy piece from Stephen Walt on why thinking as a realist in (geo) politics is the best way to enhance the prospectsContinue reading “More realism – and not idealism – is needed”
“Without Europe, there would be no sovereign countries”
Part of Snyder’s interesting mini YouTube lectures, I recently discovered.
Jongere generatie hecht niet meer aan democratie. Of toch wel?
De nieuwe darling-politicoloog, de ietwat alarmistische Yascha Mounk vindt van niet en maakt zich zorgen. Tom van der Meer (van het onvolprezen blog Stuk Rood Vlees) weerlegt dat onderzoek, breed uitgevent door de NY Times. Het het valt allemaal reuze mee: de democratie is bij de neiuwe Europese generatie in goede handen.
DANIEL PEPIJN VAN DIJK 