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Book of dreams (very short poem)
Ik droomde dat ik een boek over dromen las, en niet meer wist waar en waarom ik was rough translation I dreamt I was reading a book of dreams, and forgot where and why I was Read more
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Cockpit (poem)
Verstillen in het zachte licht, kijken naar dingen die niet bewegen, luisteren naar muisstille muizen Tasten waar geen houvast is Smaken waar geen papillen zijn Ruiken met de neus in de wind Op een tractor voren trekken in klei Een van Tesla, op elektriciteit Van stilte en kracht Het is zacht De wind waait hard… Read more
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Petervan’s Delicacies – Week 25 Dec 2017
Edition-113 of Delicacies. Last one of 2017. Happy new year! As usual, max 5 articles that I found interesting and worth re-reading. Handpicked, no robots. Minimalism in curation. Enjoy! About cryptocurrencies and triple-entry accounting: https://hackernoon.com/why-everyone-missed-the-most-important-invention-in-the-last-500-years-c90b0151c169 About the big distraction blockchain is: https://hackernoon.com/ten-years-in-nobody-has-come-up-with-a-use-case-for-blockchain-ee98c180100?gi=d17f5df3dda8 About Studio D annual report and state-of-the-art design research: https://medium.com/studio-d/studio-d-2017-end-of-year-report-1919774c20b8 About Walter Pitts,… Read more
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Petervan’s Delicacies – Week 18 Dec 2017
Edition-112 of Delicacies: As usual, max 5 articles that I found interesting and worth re-reading. Handpicked, no robots. Minimalism in curation. Enjoy! About structure driving culture, city/infrastructure, sharing spaces, ownership. An excellent reflection by Dan Hill: https://medium.com/butwhatwasthequestion/the-battle-for-the-infrastructure-of-everyday-life-6c9b0572e57f About the promise of blockchain. Well balanced manifesto by Don Tapscott: http://dontapscott.com/2017/12/blockchain-research-institute-manifesto-realizing-new-promise-digital-economy/ About spaces making people happy and… Read more
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Petervan’s Delicacies – Week 11 Dec 2017
Edition-111 of Delicacies: As usual, max 5 articles that I found interesting and worth re-reading. Handpicked, no robots. Minimalism in curation. Enjoy! About the scary financial future of the millennial generation: http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/poor-millennials/ About Amazon being a machine to make a machine: https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2017/12/12/the-amazon-machine About peer-pressure and transparency in self-organisation: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/musings-social-density-niels-pflaeging/ About frictionless and/or minimalist design. A… Read more
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Trend-5: Structure drives everything
This trend is part of my five trends for human advancement. For an overview and background, check here: Kanaal Site – Axel Vervoordt – Wijnegem, Antwerp Deeply influenced by the work of Robert Fritz on structural conflict and structural tension, and that structure drives everything, I have become dissatisfied by the responsive reaction in many… Read more