When you are a young child you don’t know that some people are gifted with a certain talent and others are not. When you are born with an unusual talent people in your environment don’t understand you. Sometimes they even tell you that you are a “weird” person and you have to behave “normal”. When [...]
About Psychic Reading
By December 12th, 2007, underThe House of Morgan or How the Great Depression was Created
By December 10th, 2007, underBlack Tuesday, October 29 1929 a giant economic implosion took place. This implosion was the official start of the Great Depression. The implosion took place because Something or Somebody was pushing the economy UP while it wanted to go down. An artificial Up-movement of the Economy is called a Bubble. J.P. Morgan was highly involved [...]
About Fools, Pyramids and Bubbles
By December 1st, 2007, underDuring the so called E-Commerce Bubble allmost everybody believed that when you sell something on the Internet you will become an instant multi-biljonair. I did not believe this at all. The funny thing was that almost nobody believed me. I waited for the Bubble to burst. To my surprise the E-Commerce Bubble became the biggest [...]
About Mind Control
By November 26th, 2007, underMilton Erickson (1901-1980) was “the best therapist that ever lived“. He was an expert in “non-verbal” behaviour. He learned when he was young that people could say “yes” and mean “no” at the same time. At that time he discovered that body language and tone of voice was telling another story than verbal language. The [...]
About Erving Goffman
By November 21st, 2007, underErving Goffman (1922-1982) observed mental patients in an Asylum (his first wife committed suicide, Asylums, 1961), Players in a Casino (Goffman was an expert in blackjack, Interaction ritual, 1967) and People in Public Places (Behavior in Public Places. 1963). His most important book is Frame Analysis (1974). Watch out: Goffmann uses “unusual language“. “When an [...]
Why Conflicts Solve Many Security Problems: About Attacks and Mistakes
By November 20th, 2007, underOne of the most interesting jobs in my career was the management of the Security in a big bank. It was an interesting job but also a very stressful job. When you are responsible for Security you are always fighting against two forces. The first force is the Outside Attacker. The other force is your [...]
