Management
‘I can see why you’re not in management’ — Dilbert pic.twitter.com/Ww30pilWgl
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 11, 2017
Ongelijkheid: we weten minder dan we denken
‘Elke conclusie dat het in Nederland wel meevalt met de ongelijkheid is in ieder geval niet gebaseerd op statistiek’ — @RF_HFC, gast-analist bij @statistiekcbs, op @Rtlz — https://t.co/zGBOWe5VNs pic.twitter.com/tp8MZXsyJK
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 8, 2017
Bitcoin gekte
By July 2019, the bitcoin network will require more electricity than the entire United States currently uses. By February 2020, it will use as much electricity as the entire world does today https://t.co/HaF56GaY73
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 6, 2017
A boy asked his bitcoin-investing dad for 1 bitcoin for his birthday.
Dad: What? $15,554??? $14,354 is a lot of money! What do you need $16,782 for anyway?
— Nikolarn (@Nikolarn) December 8, 2017
The bitcoin bubble post mortem: why this time it was or was not different — Joshua Gans https://t.co/vRBKfK52h4
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 10, 2017
Bitcoin On Path To Functioning Just Like Real Currency After Small Concentration Of People Acquire Majority Of It https://t.co/0QcCfEaLMP pic.twitter.com/QSv72OmIYQ
— The Onion (@TheOnion) December 8, 2017
Bitcoin really hasn't turned out even remotely as it was intended to.
– Rather than a currency, it's become a speculative asset.
– Rather than efficient, the energy and CPU costs are extravagant
– Rather than decentralised, ownership and mining power are hugely concentrated— Carl Miller (@carljackmiller) December 10, 2017
Is meten wel weten?
‘Tussen meten en weten: Economie’ — Interessant en leuk programma met o.a. @klamer_arjo en WRR-collega Arnoud Boot — https://t.co/Nj9zOzFTA0
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 7, 2017
The intellectual and the human heart: three fallacies intellectuals commit today — @umairh https://t.co/ABZHtX1SBQ https://t.co/ABZHtX1SBQ (via @azeem)
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 10, 2017
Rebel
https://twitter.com/_youhadonejob1/status/940685671991214082
Werken
‘Hosanna over zzp-groei en de platformeconomie kan niet meer’ — Interview met prof. Willem Bouwens in FD — https://t.co/6gPsFdf3HI pic.twitter.com/hS90dVB4VP
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 9, 2017
Too often labour has been viewed as a balance sheet cost rather than as an asset: Invest in workers, not tax cuts, to boost US productivity — @RanaForoohar https://t.co/tuafNA8Erp
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 11, 2017
Stress: Leraren en verpleegkundigen klagen er al jaren over, maar ook andere beroepsgroepen werken vaak te veel en te hard — FD — https://t.co/WW6tfYalLh pic.twitter.com/2eBPnnYm5f
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 10, 2017
Are digital distractions harming labour productivity? The evidence is mixed; it seems clear, however, that they are making us unhappier https://t.co/KKqpHCYU0W
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 10, 2017
Nu ook de economen van het CPB (als zoveelste in een rij deskundigen) het zeggen, is er eigenlijk geen houden meer aan: de AOW-leeftijd gaat wel erg hard en snel omhoog — @MStellinga https://t.co/OVNazFHoQy
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 9, 2017
"Kerstbanden"
Verdomde politieke correctheid van de links-intellectuele taalpolitie: Kerstbanden heten plotseling winterbanden — @DeSpeld https://t.co/iT70uZGQpx
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 9, 2017
Stiglitz over globalisering
Stiglitz on Globalisation: Trade deals were hammered out in secret by multinationals at the expense of workers and citizens. Benefits must be shared if the global economy is to work https://t.co/w0AYNlkszU
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 5, 2017
Mens en algoritme
Battle of the brains: The competition today is not between humans and machines but among the world’s technology giants, investing feverishly to get a lead over each other in AI https://t.co/VNruZWRrhq
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 10, 2017
Forget killer robots, AI as a tool for social justice https://t.co/ONTnB2lm1S (via @vdignum)
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 11, 2017
Self-driving finance could turn into a runaway train: just as we are scrutinising self-driving cars, we need to have a public debate about the computing revolution in finance https://t.co/YYUQr6OkCu
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 8, 2017
Very honoured to see my "human-in-command" approach to AI included as one of the 10 principles for ethical AI in the future world of work by @UNI_FWOW Thank you and congrats @CjColclough https://t.co/R3PUquxTUQ
— Catelijne Muller (@MullerCatelijne) December 11, 2017
Zelfrijdende auto's
Recently-achieved and upcoming self-driving car milestones — @xkcdComic pic.twitter.com/PfFL4BlADx
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 9, 2017
