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Age of Miracles - A Case for Nuclear Energy

Nuclear energy is an insanely complex topic. Many smart people I know regard nuclear as a carbon-friendly source of energy. They are not against renewables. But they uphold nuclear power as important part of the energy mix of the future. In Germany the conservative party of Angela Merkel decided to

Stability Training with a Swiss Ball

Do you want to build up more strength? I do and that's why I'm doing a 4-week course called STABLE by Tim Shieff and I am very happy with the progress. I decided to prioritize stability before strength training, because it feels like an important first step. Once I build

Electric Bike Ownership

What a wonderful and thoughtful essay about electric bike ownership. Electric Bike, Stupid Love of My Life — by Craig Mod His heartfelt delight about riding his ebike makes all the usual arguments against owning one sound pathetic. Too expensive? It's cheating? You don’t enjoy riding bicycles? Read this and

Designing Your Life

Thanks to Dirk I currently work my way through the book of the two Stanford professors Dave Evans and Bill Burnett called Designing Your Life. It shows how to apply design thinking principles to your own life. The goal of the framework is defined like this: When you have a

Most Creative Work Starts with Writing

During a studio tour with Van Neistat (link with timestamp), an enlightening discussion emerged about the centrality of writing for multimedia creations, here in the context of creating YouTube videos. Van: I began crafting videos as a mere hobby. As time progressed, I discerned that what I was truly engaged

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