The unconscious is a new territory for mathematicians and physicists. Jung one of the inventors of the term unconsciousness was convinced mathematics was the key to understand the Unknown. At the end of his life he asked one of his female pupils Marie-Louise Von Franz to look for the link between mathematics and the [...]
Explaining the Placebo Effect by Counting Stories
By August 14th, 2007, underAbout the Legal System
By August 4th, 2007, underA friend of mine is a well known lawyer. He is writing a book about improving the Legal System. He is thinking out of the box. His main issue is efficiency. We can save much money and of course save a lot of trouble of innocent victims of the System when we use sound principles [...]
About the Foundations of Mathematics
By August 3rd, 2007, underIn the beginning of the 20th century the mathematicians Bertrand Russell and Alfred North Whitehead wanted to define the eternal foundation of Mathematics. To build a foundation Mathematicians always start with defining what they “mean”. They use a symbolic language called Logic to do this. In Logic “=” means “Being the Same“. If we would [...]
About Guanxi
By July 27th, 2007, underGuanxi is a Chinese term, generally translated as "networks" or "connections". Although guanxi is often characterized as uniquely Chinese, similar relationships occur in other nations, especially in East Asia.
A Practical Approach to Create a Balanced Community
By July 25th, 2007, underThe current generation of programmers are doing what Edsger Wybe Dijkstra hoped not would happen. They are the cause of the mess we are in. They forgot to keep the balance between structure (Thinking) and meaning (Emotion).
Why Cycles Feel like Bah, Bach, Beat or Beach Boys
By July 25th, 2007, under
Everybody knows the Cycle of the Seasons. The seasons are created because the Earth is cycling the Sun. In Winter we are introspective and mostly stay inside our house. In Summer we are very active (extravert) at the outside of our house. In Autumn we become moody and in Spring we start to plan. We are structure-ring. Centers are moving around centers and everybody understands that the movement of the Sun and the Moon affects our body.
Things you Cannot Buy
By July 25th, 2007, underTo define a long term strategy, we have to predict the future. To predict the future we have to understand the past. The longer we look back, the better we can look forward. Everything is determinated by cycles. A well know cycle is the Kondratiev. This is the cycle of Innovation. Its cycles-time is about 53 years.
Fifty years ago a new innovation in computing was emerging, the IBM 360. The 360, the All Purpose Computer, became a standard in computing.
