Tag: English
Gabor Maté and ’the Myth of Normal’
Over the last week and a half I read the Myth of Normal. It was the first book I ever read by Gabor Maté and some people call it his magnum opus. I am...
The Deficit Myth – Stephanie Kelton – Tiny Book Review
This book is an interesting read. Stephanie Kelton clearly has a point to make in The Deficit Myth; Modern Monetary Theory and How to Build a Better Economy. Kelton gets a tad repetitive at...
The Nix – Nathan Hill – Tiny Book Review
The Nix by Nathan Hill is not as "unputdownable" as I would have liked. The endless and indepth sidetracking put me off many times as I was just getting into the story or one...
The Philosophy Book – Big Ideas Simply Explained – Tiny Book Review
The Philosophy Book is a very cool book. I skipped some chapters that were of less personal interest/relevance to me and this is -in my opinion- not a book to be read from cover...
On George Floyd and how some are more served and protected than others
So I have made a few comments on Twitter about the George Floyd incident. This morning while reading the newspaper I needed to say more and started off writing. Admittedly, it has become a...
Time seems to speed up as we age. But why?
Do you remember when you were small? How uncles and aunties would pinch your cheek and say how much you'd grown and how time went by so fast? I always found it really stupid....
Welcome international visitors thank you for your support!
Yes here's an international section of zinvollerleven, aimed towards the international visitors of this website. As you will have noticed, most of the website is in Dutch and that will still be main part...