An important aspect of the Enlightenment (from 1600 onward) was the concept that science and technology would usher in a new age of prosperity, peace and happiness. This philosophical revolution in the West was also strongly associated with the concept of the individual, as expressed in the United S...
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New Year in The Netherlands has always had a problematic association for me because of an experience I had as a small child. My parents and I stayed at my grandmother's for the occasion, and I was put to bed on New Year's Eve being to young to be able to stay up.
At m...
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My gosh, everyone is now writing about Digital Twins! I should be delighted, you'd assume. Someone within Gartner must have resonated with some article of mine from 20 or some years ago…
A few examples:

PETER BELANGER/INTEL
Intel’s Bold Plan to Reinvent Computer Memory (and Keep It a Secret)
Wired, March 2017

We all read John von Neumann’s groundbreaking paper “First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC” back when it was p...
The main problem of the technological focus of computers is precisely that: that it is seen as a technology.
Because of that, technologically savvy people are attracted to it, and arising problems in all areas of life are discussed within a technological mindset.
Our current society is very much colou...
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