Research

Monke and Capital: Exposition on the Systems of Labour

In the evolutionary timeline, it is not easy to get around the means by which certain evolutionary artefacts have attached themselves to...

The Value of Timekeeping: A Reappraisal of Past and Current Meaning

Dalle AI Nine billionths of a second. A unit of measurement so accurate that, by comparison, a wristwatch becomes a blunt instrument for...

Quit Smoking: How Wealth is Built of Metaphysics and Cigarettes

There are many reasons why people struggle to quit smoking, but it almost always concerns a wrong understanding of how they perceive...

The Myth Of Communications Artistry: Exploring The Value Of A Scientific Approach For Organisations

Within the rigidity of corporate structures, there is no function more ill-defined than that of communications. Conjuring images of...

Are protests at the UvA getting out of hand?

In the afternoon of Monday, January 16, 2023, dozens of UvA students and teachers occupied a university building. Their reason? Once...

The Future of Urban Living: What to Expect from Saudi Arabia's 'The Line'

‘The Line’. The envisioned utopia to be built in Saudi Arabia by 2030 in the shape of a straight line, promises many things: 1) driven by...

Why Unicorns Matter: Spas Kyosev On The Importance Of Storytelling

Economic growth is a function of physical capital, human capital, and ideas – the factor that binds them into output. A simple yet...

The Destructive Growth of UvA: an Overview of the Effects

Protest against the University of Amsterdam’s growth, October 13, 2022. The “Tragedy of the Commons”, is a socio-economic concept that...

Sisyphus, Suicide and the Search for Meaning

“There is only one really serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide” – Albert Camus 800,000 people committed suicide in 2020,...

The Destructive Growth of UvA: an Overview of Causes

Protest against the University of Amsterdam’s growth, October 13, 2022. Alejandro was just like any other student, wanting to pursue his...