Self-determination theory is hugely popular in peer reviewed psychology, while it is both a very general theory, and in nature common sense. However, it seems to be, as John Maynard Keynes argues. that “It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.” Psychology can hardly be blamed for being …

Every well intentioned innovation is eventually completely assimilated within the dominant imperative. For example, in VR glasses it has been devised to follow the eye movements, so that the image quality in the centre of your image field (the fovea centralis) is rendered high and low in the periphery. …

Self-determination theory is hugely popular in peer reviewed psychology, while it is both a very general theory, and in nature common sense. However, it seems to be, as John Maynard Keynes argues. that “It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.” Psychology can hardly be blamed for being …

Always striving for superlatives makes for one-dimensional judgements. From one perspective something can be the best or the most unique, but from an infinite number of other perspectives it isn't. The fastest runner is not necessarily the healthiest person, let alone the best partner or parent. In addition, …

In the alchemy of the 21st century, the dream of yore - to turn lead into gold – is now to create mental faculties (mind), for example in CPUs. Every university and tech company focuses on living technology, on artificial intelligence, with real brainpower, to make autonomous decisions based on a built-in …

It is argued that, as a result of modern communication techniques, a displacement took place; the internet made it possible to increase the distance between living and working because people could also work from home (answer emails, prepare lessons, etc.). As a result, the number of workplaces has been …

Our dreams are no longer small-scale. Through Zoom and Teams, Facebook and Instagram, and previously through satellite TV and big names like Radiohead and the Beatles, we became globally connected. From our cages, we look through our common window – the world wide web – at the same content and images …

I love technology. We live technology; technology is as ubiquitous as nature used to be. It has reduced biodiversity and cultural diversity, creating a dangerous global uniformity with pollution, deforestation, climate problems and boredom and loneliness, also on a global scale. A lot of technology has …

It seems to hold that organisms either remain small, flexible and adaptive, or become relatively strong and invulnerable by growing very large. Denmark vs America, or Iceland vs China. A single-celled animal, such as the slipper animalcule, has a very strong strategy, and although we have run into serious …

We have come to understand our world less and less, despite the countless one-liners (and slogans) that influencers and advertising people are constantly shooting at us via social media, among other things. We can no longer describe our world - it has simply become too complex for that. HBut marketing …