The human-technology symbiosis has brought us prosperity and adversity, and through the massive scaling that has arisen, we now face global problems (environment, climate, technological totalitarianism / technological iatrogenesis, lack of meaning) that we can’t solve with our nearly 300,000 year old …

 In summary we want to discuss:1) Courses and training in the field of nursing (General); elderly care, dementia and physical therapy.2) sending Chinese students to Groningen, Deventer3) training in the use of home automation and application of the technology in care homes, or in residential communities …

Eind augustus opende het Financieele Dagblad met het bericht dat Amerikaanse ondernemingen niet langer het belang van aandeelhouders centraal stellen. Ze willen meer aandacht voor het algemeen belang in hun doelen. Wanneer financiële doelen niet meer centraal staan, heeft dit gevolgen voor de rol van …

In de 17e eeuw beleefde Nederland de Gouden Eeuw. De welvaart, economie en scheepvaart waren groot. Honderden schepen voeren ieder jaar uit. Er is onderzoek gedaan naar de specifieke bouwstijl van schepen. Nederlandse schepen waren sterk en snel. In de 17e eeuw had de Nederlandse Verenigde Oost-Indische …

In het kader van het afstuderen aan de opleiding Archeologie bij de hogeschool Saxion te Deventer een onderzoek uitgevoerd naar de historische ontwikkeling van de Halvemaanstraat te Zutphen resulterend in een 3D-model van de 19e-eeuwse situatie. Het onderzoek is uitgevoerd in opdracht van de archeologische …

In everyday life, non-linear causal relationships can be investigated excellently and that is precisely why applied science appeals to me. Practice is leading in applied science. In the context of psychopathology, this means that we do not only look at general knowledge that can be derived from a large …

Technologization contributes to the illusion of a makeable world, in which coincidence apparently no longer plays a role. However, in how long we live, and how much appreciation we get, coincidence plays a much greater role everywhere than our ingrained illusion of control and rationality makes us believe. …

Patients with damage in certain parts of the prefrontal cortex resemble Buridan’s Donkey, as this statement has been called. Both emotion, and free will to act are missing, while rationality is intact. Emotion seems to be the fuel for action, much more needed for survival than rationality, which, as …

It is argued that sustainability can 't be achieved on an individual level. It has to be achieved on a collective level, not in the short term but in the long term. However, sustainability has disappeared more than ever, precisely because of the scaling-up that technology has brought about. To stay …

This column is about two paradoxes in IT, the Law of Gates and the Hanlon Razor. Many functionalities can be automated, but that this rarely says anything about the "real" contribution of the employees. For example, we still have train conductors, who also still check the validity of admission tickets, …