In 2010, I submitted an idea to Google’s “Project 10^100“. It was about a novel approach to assess companies by factoring in their environmental and societal contributions. This new index – which I called “ETIX” – could have complemented traditional stock indices, providing a moral compass for socially responsible investments. (ETIX came from “Ethical Investment… Continue reading Changing the consumption game
Talking about the teachings with AI
TLDR; jump right to the essence! Can you summarize the most important teachings of Buddha? ChatGPT Certainly, the most important teachings of Buddha can be summarized in the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path: These teachings revolve around the central idea of suffering (dukkha) and the path to the cessation of suffering through… Continue reading Talking about the teachings with AI
On 3 kinds of truth
Truth is a term we use in various ways. I want to write about the kind of truth that reveals how things work and helps predict the future. The ability to predict the future better than other living creatures has made us rule the World (and destroy it one day). Truth also means the collection of… Continue reading On 3 kinds of truth
The ice cream of human needs
Forgive my profane take on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs, but this great concept can prove even better with some reshaping. The shape of a pyramid is good for highlighting the order of importance of these layers. With the basic needs at the bottom, you can easily imagine the whole construct collapsing if any basic… Continue reading The ice cream of human needs
A suggested new approach in fighting Covid-19
These days we are sitting in our modern caves and waiting for the unavoidable tsunami of the coronavirus to come. By now we can predict that 20% of infected people will get hospitalized and some 5% will need breath support, of which most will die, unfortunately. We can slow down the speed of spread by… Continue reading A suggested new approach in fighting Covid-19