Joop RingelbergSearch Engines Don’t Exist! Stop Calling Them So!The Bible is a formidable book. Or, rather, a set of books. Even in ages and times when people read it from cover to cover many times…Dec 30, 2022Dec 30, 2022
Joop RingelbergNew enclosures[Note to Dutch readers: this article is a translation of an original Dutch text that is of more interest as it relates the word ‘commons’…Dec 30, 2022Dec 30, 2022
Joop RingelbergHet nieuwe toe-eigenenIemand lucht verkopen zien we als het ultieme voorbeeld van verdwazing. Of van oplichterij, zeker als die lucht ook nog eens ‘gebakken’ is…Dec 30, 2022Dec 30, 2022
Joop RingelbergEmergenceImagine a blank screen. As you watch, dots appear. The first dots seem randomly placed, but then you see clusters develop, mostly in the…Oct 8, 2022Oct 8, 2022
Joop RingelbergGuns, Germs and DatabasesWithout the exploitation of its vast oil reserves at the start of the 20th century, the Arabian Peninsula would today be much like a Sahel…Jan 15, 2022Jan 15, 2022
Joop RingelbergCoherence and connectionLet’s compare Perspectives to blockchain. We’ll start by asking ourselves: what kind of applications are built on blockchain? Famously…Jan 11, 2022Jan 11, 2022
Joop RingelbergHelgolandRecently, my eldest son presented me with the book “Helgoland” by Carlo Rovelli. Like many people I’ve long been fascinated by quantum…Sep 25, 2021Sep 25, 2021
Joop RingelbergBig Tech loves privacy — as a frameHow information ideology prevents us from seeing the obvious.Apr 14, 2020Apr 14, 2020
Joop RingelbergTo Cut Nature at Its JointsOn GUN, Perspectives and decomposing problemsMar 31, 2020Mar 31, 2020
Joop RingelbergHomo co-operansKarl Marx proclaimed means of production to be the key. The key, that is, to unlock a better world — or to keep a few in riches and…Nov 8, 2019Nov 8, 2019
