Eclectic Reason and Rhetoric.

Consistency is for the ego

Consistency for consistency's sake is for the ego. It's simple. Consistency for progress' sake is for added value. It's hard.

systematic mastery

Launched! The Systematic Mastery Podcast

Everyone can attain mastery.That is the premise of the systematic mastery project. How we believe this can be done? By using a systematic approach. The goal is to find the tools, practices and principles that - when applied systematically - allow anyone to attain mastery in life. Why mastery?

Is remote working for you?

With COVID-19 being a global reality, the ability to work from anywhere is suddenly a lot more valuable: we need to be more location independent. But now that the dust has settled, it becomes clearer that remote work can be a blessing for one, but a curse for another. Having

Thinking tool

Relationship^2

We often find ourselves doomed or graced by our relationship with the world. This is a mental model to help manage relationships with the world.

Thinking

Digest #5 - Strengthening body and mind as a builder

Being strong is a character trait that is both endlessly rewarding and challenging. Finding ways to integrate thorough understanding of 'strength' as a character trait into your life can transform things in ways you didn't think possible. I'm on a constant exploration of this improvement.

DevOps

Digest #4 - Stoicism and building software without a real computer

Stoic philosophy, values, engineering without a laptop.

Thinking

Information digest #3: socializing, relationships, DevSecOps, crypto

This week had somewhat of a theme again: socializing, dating, happiness. I also started on my new quest: thinking. Hint: Build up the life that others will love, so you can make them part of it.

Motivation and productivity

Happiness ensues values

The Cambridge dictionary describes 'values' as: the principles that help you decide what is right and wrong, and how to act in various situations. Seems pretty important.

Information digests

Information digest #2: Marketing, values, emotional connection, sleep

An attempt at describing love, the life changing impact of putting 'self' in its place and cultivating our self-set values. Also some about sleep and marriage..

Thinking tool

Commitment grounding

Thinking about a potential commitment in terms of its outcome, with your own core values as the end and your energy and time as the means.

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Rubber duck debugging

As if you’re explaining the problem to a child (or better yet, an actual rubber duck), go through a situation step by step.

Information digests

Information digest #1: Relationships, ethics, anxiety (of generation Y)

Here’s a small summary of things I consumed recently that were pretty interesting. I listed the cool stuff cause, well, it’s cool, obviously.

Ideas

Happiness and trivial suffering

If we relate suffering to the effects it has on us, we can clearly see that our response to suffering helps us find meaning in life.

Health

You are your mitochondria

These little bacteria affect your body way more than you think! They are autonomous in terms of their goals as a bacteria, and part of who you are.

Reflection

Reflection on Sex and happiness

We all know that sexuality has a big effect on how we feel. Sexual, and honest good sexual experiences - without a fixation on an orgasm or any other 'goal' - have a great impact on happiness and energy.

Thinking

Reflection on gratitude

You’re your own tool and life partner. Improving your life and that of others greatly depends on how you develop yourself and the relationship with yourself, and allows you to reach common goals of growing in power, strength and handling and maintaining power well.

Thinking tool

Self regulatory recalibration (grounding)

Become aware of the now, shift back to yourself at the centre of your experience and emotionally grasp for your principles of unity, power, audacity and love.

Thinking

Ugh, so what IS meaning?

We experience truth, a truth that corresponds to our values and accentuates our own manifestation in this world. Self actualization.

blockchain

Blockchain's role in the global distribution of power

Innovations that enable efficient distribution of information or wealth can change the world. Think of the internet and our banking system. I believe the internet enables a constant, gradual change in power structures through stimulating distribution of information.

blockchain

Regulation on crypto in the Netherlands

There are many ways in which the innovations around Blockchain can be better adopted by the Dutch government.

Thinking tool

Self-homeostasis

A phenomenological tool resembling a healthy state and perception of self.

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Habitual recalibration

Remove habits or change behavior by changing the availability of something (fully, or form of) in your life, making room for new things to fill that time or ensuring you create new habits.

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Self-subjecting

Thinking about a concept that can be experienced, while you think of yourself experiencing it.

Stories

Polertiek nominated for Dutch Interactive Awards

Polertiek, an app built by Elastique and BNNVARA and using the API of Kieskompas that we've built, has been nominated for the Dutch Interactive Awards! Polertiek Polertiek was an initiative by #BOOS, a YouTube channel where Dutch presentor and extremely funny Tim Hofman joyfully helps people with their quarrels, often

How to

How to: Autoscaling Gitlab Continuous Integration runners GCP 🤓

Test runner servers can consume quite some resources, which is rather expensive. But even more problematic is a filled up queue of pipelines that block releases..