Today, July 1, was Keti Koti, which means ‘broken chains’. It’s the day we commemorate and celebrate the ending of slavery in The Netherlands, 149 years ago. And when I say ‘we’, I mean some people, not everyone. Because unlike in the US, where Juneteenth is a national holiday, this…

What’s your story? I bet you have one — a story you tell yourself. About your role in the world. Why you exist, and why your actions matter. Most likely you are the hero in that story. Farmers have this story too. It goes something like this: we feed you…

People are not rational. We don’t make decisions based on facts, we make decisions based on how we feel. Or so they say. Yet this week, it was a fact that changed my mind. I kind of already knew it, but when I saw a TV show about it, it…

How do you tell the story of World War II in about two hours? You don’t, of course. So much happened during WW2 that it would be impossible to convey the horror, the heroism, the suffering and the evil in just a few hours. Which is why, when we want…

The other day I cooked and ate bacon that was 9 days past the expiration date. Nothing happened. When it still looks and smells good, I’ll eat it. Because I hate throwing away food. I was brought up to believe that food waste is a big sin. That’s why my…

When the world is on fire, it’s not much fun to read the news. So I stopped checking news sites and apps a little while ago. But I’m still on Twitter every day. So when there is a major event, sooner or later the smoke starts creeping into my timeline. …

The first photographs were black and white. But then colour photography was invented. We could now capture reality the way it really was: in countless different colours, hues and shades. Yet today, it feels like we have gone back to seeing the world in black and white again. When I…

The world’s most used typeface in graphic design is probably Helvetica. But I bet the second most used typeface is Calibri. …

Some movies are good, some movies are bad. And some are interesting. Spiderhead, the current number one movie on Netflix is such a film. Netflix movies are mostly a dime a dozen, but every now and then they bring us something that stands out. It’s not just the starpower. Thor…