Streaming Underneath
A cultural stream may stream hard, even when it’s not readily visible. The latter may make it more challenging to manage, or even to influence. ►►► WHY read this? You may feel the streaming sometimes. It’s challenging to take responsibility in this regard. ◄◄◄ What on earth is this guy talking about? I’m talking about Read the full article…
Sustainability From Inside Out
Several worldwide crises are coming together at present. As a physician, I see these as the symptoms of an underlying illness. The best way to sustain the patient is from the inside out. This is, in yet another nutshell, the core of the AURELIS project. From inside out As you may know, in AURELIS, this Read the full article…
Is Climate Change More Critical than A.I.?
Reckoning in years, probably not. Of course, in no way do I want to underestimate the immense importance of Climate Change. ►►► WHY read this? The curve of A.I. becoming an existential issue may soon enough become much steeper than that of Climate Change. ◄◄◄ There is no way around the experts’ opinion that we Read the full article…
26. MINDING CORONA, Saving Livelihoods and Lives
What we see concerning COVID at present doesn’t take into account what is scientifically known about the human brain and mind, and its influence upon the body. ►►► WHY read this? Most people, including body-experts, hide from the fact that the mind is part of the problem and the solution. ◄◄◄ [see: “Minding COVID: a Read the full article…
25. COVID Compassion – Healing Individuals and Society
In a socially challenging period, human traits may come out intensified. Hopefully, in this corona pandemic, Compassion will prevail. ►►► WHY read this? Compassion is a strong answer to many COVID-related issues. Can it be your answer too? ◄◄◄ Compassion is not ’empathy.’ Apart from terminological issues [see: “Landscape of Empathy”], empathy can be narrow Read the full article…
Your Mind-Brain, a Giant Pattern Recognizer
It might still not be evident to you, dear reader, how an AURELIS session works, how it can have a substantial influence upon your body and mind. ►►► WHY read this? Deep insight into the structure of your mind makes you see the why and how of AURELIS sessions and more. ◄◄◄ I’m not going Read the full article…
24. COVID + School + Children
I’m fed up with corona. I want to be busy with Artificial Intelligence, with Lisa and my own well-being. Moreover, I do this for the sake of those who bite me. Then I look at the numbers and keep coroning. There’s much behind the numbers. ►►► WHY read this? Keeping schools open will be impossible. Read the full article…
Why to Invest in Compassionate A.I.
Most A.I. engineers have a limited view on organic intelligence, let alone consciousness or Compassion. That’s a huge problem. Indeed, I’ve written a book about Compassionate A.I. See: “The Journey Towards Compassionate A.I.: Who We Are – What A.I. Can Become – Why It Matters” Am I trying to attract investors for this now? Or Read the full article…
What Makes Lisa Compassionate?
There are two sides to this: the ethical and the technological. Lisa is an A.I.-driven coaching chat-bot. For more: [see: “Lisa“]. Compassionate Artificial Intelligence In my book The Journey Towards Compassionate A.I. : Who We Are – What A.I. Can Become – Why It Matters, I go deeply into the concepts of Information, Intelligence, Consciousness, Read the full article…
Stress in Production, Stress in Consumption
One leads to the other and vice versa, in a vicious circle from which we better escape. Production and consumption To be able to produce more, marketing departments are set up to entice consumers to consume more products from the producer who owns or regulates the marketing. Nothing new. To be able to consume more, Read the full article…
Leadership or Punishment?
When I hear a clamor from bossy figures about a lack of motivation in ‘the guilty ones,’ I frequently see a lack of leadership at the start. Motivation is a leadership responsibility. Of course, throwing guilt upon this lack is a no-no-er. To me, there is a crucial difference between guilt and responsibility. [see: “Always Read the full article…
MINDING CORONA – Is Your Mind More Powerful than the Virus?
The book MINDING CORONA has been written by me from March 2020 onwards. The chapters are annotated with the date of writing. It is a story of my unfolding insights into the importance of the mind in the evolution of COVID-19 while the latter is taking the world by storm. Gradually, these insights have become Read the full article…
Tired of Screen Meetings? – 10 Leader’s Tips
Many are getting bored of screen meetings even before they’re getting used to them. Specific attention is needed to this problem, especially in COVID times. Just a “get used to it” doesn’t solve it, of course. Putting an issue as a problem or a wish Always important. The wish shouldn’t be just the negation of Read the full article…
23. The Final COVID Question: Ethics or Economics?
Putting ethics and economics against each other indicates that in this question, I see economics as non-ethical, and ethics as non-economical. As if that would be possible Non-ethical would be the hallmark of a sociopath; non-economical that of either an utterly naïve person or a Buddhist at the brink of parinirvana. In normal society, there Read the full article…
The Future of the COVID Story
July 31, 2020 [see also: “Only ‘Control’ + COVID-Whirlpool = DISASTER“] I started writing MINDING CORONA in March, with 12 points. They’re still valid. After five months, of course, we know a bit more about the future. So, I can recapitulate and see what is bound to happen. The near future is grim. Not Read the full article…
22. Only ‘Control’ + COVID-Whirlpool = DISASTER
July 31, 2020 [see also: “The Future of the COVID Story”] I am a medical doctor, specialized in mind-body medicine, master in cognitive science and A.I. The reason I start with this is that my expertise is absolutely pertinent, on par with, and complementary to the expertise of virologists. So, I wrote a book, Read the full article…
21. How to Make Someone Take His Vaccination – The Friendly Way
A little story of long ago At 23 years of age, I went to Brazil for a few months, to do medical work in a favela (shantytown) of Salvador Da Bahia. Ow, impressionable youth! As part of my documentation, I read a book about medics in the tropics. One story in this book was meant Read the full article…