The pandemic accelerates the process of deglobalisation due to the vulnerabilities of global supply chains that have now been exposed. Supply chains have been disrupted, not only because the supply […]
global warming
The State: R.I.P.?
Where does the state – as an organizational structure – actually come from? The state did not exist a couple of hundreds of years ago. It should be reminded – […]
What the bacterium E. coli understands, but President Trump doesn’t
All natural processes – including all human interactions and exchanges – produce entropy as a byproduct. Entropy manifests itself as heat and waste. The amount of entropy in a system […]
Interview: “The Third World War can start any moment, and I have predicted it for years”.
Ingo Piepers: “The build-up of tension in society with war as an outlet is simply a physical process.” Photo: Manon van der Zwaal. Interview by Wil Thijssen with Ingo Piepers, […]
Ecosystem degradation affects our social order
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services (IPBES) has published an alarming summary of its findings. The report looks at the decline in biodiversity across the globe and […]
