The Force of the Ecolution Matrix (on JES!)
All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, (William Shakespeare) The five assumptions...
Ecolutie Be the change
Kick off JES! towards a Joint Effort Society
Introduction to JES! Towards a Joint Effort Society ‘I regard myself as a system, whatever that might mean, and I accept with positive valuation the fact that I am one, preferring to be one...
Five Assumptions for new economics (JES!)
Neo-liberal economic theories are based on the wrong assumptions, is stated in JES! Towards a joint effort society. The theory of ecolution replaces them for five new ones.
JES! Towards a Joint Effort Society, a General Theory on Development (& Ecolution Method)
@nonfixe and @ecolutie we have been busy writing: JES! Towards a Joint Effort Society, a General Theory on Development (& Ecolution Method) The follow-up of Only Winners (Erasmus University) looks for patterns in current...
Financial Sadism
Frank van Empel What goes up, must come down, and what goes down has to come up some day (or fades away). These are the laws of the market. In the long run most...
Action or Apathy
Why fundamental changes almost always take a lot of time or in the end don’t happen at all? Even a revolution usually starts quietly, with simple observations and controversial ideas. The technologies and institutions...
Actie of Apathie
Waarom duurt het altijd lang voordat problemen daadwerkelijk opgelost worden, ook al zijn de technieken, technologieën en instituties om de betreffende vraagstukken en problemen op te lossen beschikbaar. De mate van urgentie is hier...
Why Economists Are Always Wrong
Economists, especially the champions in mathematics among them, tend to linear thinking, for the simple reason that nonlinear thinking is too complex to handle in a model and leads highbrow theoreticians in the direction...
About Ecolution
Sustainable development is not about evolution, competition and the survival of the fittest; it’s about ecolution, working together and the fitness of us, the survivors. By Frank van Empel Over a hundred years ago...
Met Vereende Kracht Vooruit
Eenheid laat zich niet forceren, maar komt spontaan tot stand door het delen van verhalen, beelden en contacten. Iemands’ profiel omvat veel meer dan alleen het item geloof. Iemand kan moslim of katholiek zijn....