This is what’s going to happen
We can’t change what has happened, nor can we wish the virus away. Let me ask you one question: Do you know more about what’s going to happen in the next 12 months today than you did back in January?…
Category: Rational Optimist There are so many rational reasons why we can look optimistically into the future.
Stop doing work you hate!
Because of the involuntary quiet caused by the COVID-19 cutie, many of us have sensed an opportunity to think a little more deeply about life. In our go-go-go world, we rarely get the chance to stop & consider the big…
What’s up with our Negativity Bias?
Evolution had shaped the human brain to be acutely aware of all potential dangers. Combined with the tendency of the media’s “only bad news is good news”, this has a profound impact on human perception: it literally shuts off our…
My key points from 52 books I read in 2019 in less than 52 words each
At the beginning of 2019, I set myself the goal to read a book per week. I believe reading is “learning accelerated”. In a handful of hours, I get to absorb what took someone else years to accumulate, understand, distill,…
An investment idea that returns peace of mind
How many trees are there on Earth again? There are approximately 3 TRILLION TREES IN THE WORLD. A number that looks even more impressive when it’s written out: 3,000,000,000,000. That’s about 390 trees per person. But what’s more astonishing is…
The rational optimist
I am sure you have encountered “the glass” before. Now, this glass is unique in the fact that scholars and non-scholars seem to wage a fierce debate over the contents of said glass. One side says that this proverbial glass…
Do you see Artificial Intelligence as a risk or opportunity for you personally?
I thought about that question for a while. That led me to another question. An even more fundamental one: What does it mean to be human in the age of intelligent machines? The world is constantly changing but the wetware…
What is the largest company by Market Capitalization right now?
Correct, Microsoft. Microsoft has gone through a massive leadership style change in February 2014 from Steve Balmer to Satya Nadella. Under Ballmer’s tenure as CEO, Microsoft’s share price stagnated despite Microsoft’s financial success at that time. His management style was…
Are you invested in Africa?
This will have some long-term implications. As a rational optimist, I do believe that the vast majority of the 7.6 billion people in this world wake up each morning to build a better life for themselves. The younger they are…
You got promoted
Hello, my dear reader, today I feel very powerful. So I have decided to promote you to the position of CEO. Congratulations. You are a real CEO now. Not later! Now! What do I mean by that? In this information age,…
There are so many rational reasons why we can look optimistically into the future.
Stop doing work you hate!
Because of the involuntary quiet caused by the COVID-19 cutie, many of us have sensed an opportunity to think a little more deeply about life. In our go-go-go world, we rarely get the chance to stop & consider the big…
What’s up with our Negativity Bias?
Evolution had shaped the human brain to be acutely aware of all potential dangers. Combined with the tendency of the media’s “only bad news is good news”, this has a profound impact on human perception: it literally shuts off our…
My key points from 52 books I read in 2019 in less than 52 words each
At the beginning of 2019, I set myself the goal to read a book per week. I believe reading is “learning accelerated”. In a handful of hours, I get to absorb what took someone else years to accumulate, understand, distill,…
An investment idea that returns peace of mind
How many trees are there on Earth again? There are approximately 3 TRILLION TREES IN THE WORLD. A number that looks even more impressive when it’s written out: 3,000,000,000,000. That’s about 390 trees per person. But what’s more astonishing is…
The rational optimist
I am sure you have encountered “the glass” before. Now, this glass is unique in the fact that scholars and non-scholars seem to wage a fierce debate over the contents of said glass. One side says that this proverbial glass…
Do you see Artificial Intelligence as a risk or opportunity for you personally?
I thought about that question for a while. That led me to another question. An even more fundamental one: What does it mean to be human in the age of intelligent machines? The world is constantly changing but the wetware…
What is the largest company by Market Capitalization right now?
Correct, Microsoft. Microsoft has gone through a massive leadership style change in February 2014 from Steve Balmer to Satya Nadella. Under Ballmer’s tenure as CEO, Microsoft’s share price stagnated despite Microsoft’s financial success at that time. His management style was…
Are you invested in Africa?
This will have some long-term implications. As a rational optimist, I do believe that the vast majority of the 7.6 billion people in this world wake up each morning to build a better life for themselves. The younger they are…
You got promoted
Hello, my dear reader, today I feel very powerful. So I have decided to promote you to the position of CEO. Congratulations. You are a real CEO now. Not later! Now! What do I mean by that? In this information age,…