Technologization contributes to the illusion of a makeable world, in which coincidence apparently no longer plays a role. However, in how long we live, and how much appreciation we get, coincidence plays a much greater role everywhere than our ingrained illusion of control and rationality makes us believe. …

Patients with damage in certain parts of the prefrontal cortex resemble Buridan’s Donkey, as this statement has been called. Both emotion, and free will to act are missing, while rationality is intact. Emotion seems to be the fuel for action, much more needed for survival than rationality, which, as …

It is argued that sustainability can 't be achieved on an individual level. It has to be achieved on a collective level, not in the short term but in the long term. However, sustainability has disappeared more than ever, precisely because of the scaling-up that technology has brought about. To stay …

This column is about two paradoxes in IT, the Law of Gates and the Hanlon Razor. Many functionalities can be automated, but that this rarely says anything about the "real" contribution of the employees. For example, we still have train conductors, who also still check the validity of admission tickets, …

It goes without saying that with literally fading boundaries between social communities (this comes together with advanced technology), it is much more complicated for individuals to find their place in a social community. In other words, it 's hard for us to make our address known to the abstract (virtual) …

De ontwerp-NOVI ligt er, er mag op gereageerd worden – en dat gebeurt volop. Een van de vervolgvragen is nu: hoe werkt de nieuwe visie op de ruimtelijke ordening van Nederland straks door? Bij gemeenten en waterschappen bijvoorbeeld, en in de wereld van de gebiedsontwikkeling. ROm vroeg het aan drie …

We have ended up in a digital "copy and paste" culture. It 's for good reason that we are talking about "apps" in the app store, about raps, beats and sounds in contemporary pop (house) music culture. Everyone can do something, and the rest we get from a box, or better, app, or plug-in. Maggi (makes …

All experience/knowledge comes from three sources: (1) perception, (2) the past (consolidated perception in memory, or mediated by "technology": stories, writing, photo, etc.), or (3) judgment/argument based on perception and past (analogy). There is something special going on with our 'judgments '. …

Vanuit de opdrachtgever: ‘de Boval Groep’ bestond de behoefte om te onderzoeken hoe arbeidsvoorwaarden eenzijdig gewijzigd kunnen worden. De Boval Groep wil in de toekomst namelijk het personeelshandboek wijzigen. In het personeelshandboek staan naast regels en richtlijnen ook arbeidsvoorwaarden. De …

Op 1 januari 2015 is de Participatiewet ( PW) in werking getreden. Sindsdien zijn het dan ook de gemeenten die de verantwoordelijkheid dragen voor de uitvoering van deze wet. In de PW zijn de Wet Werk en Bijstand, Wet Sociale Werkvoorzieningen en Wet werk en arbeidsongeschikt Jonggehandicapten opgenomen. …