Rob de Vos

Prachtig verhaal Monika Sie, Directeur Clingendael, bij Ambassadeursconf. #Nlamb2018 over de noodzaak tot werkelijke gemeenschapszin bij EU. Eigenheid mbt burgerschap maar met een open formulering, die niet uitsluit. @clingendael

World population since 10,000 BC: not much happened until very recently. Six and a half percent of all people who were ever born over the last 12,000 years are alive today.

Slavernij@tropenmuseum #slavernij. Prima initiatief om tentoonstelling over koloniaal verleden Nl in Tropenmuseum te starten; hoe eerder hoe beter; en gebruik visie gekoloniseerden; vaak veel minder krampachtig dan Nederlanders over ons gedeeld verleden.

Brilliant ! twitter.com/rbreich/status…

How the world turned on Silicon Valley in 2017: many of the problems stem from the fact that companies have remained “wilfully ignorant” of the fact that “at the end of every data point there is a human being” theguardian.com/technology/201… (ht @BennieMols)

US ambassador denies own comments, then denies denial edition.cnn.com/2017/12/22/pol…

Nieuwsuur heeft een mooi item over de pijnstiller-epidemie. Kijken, als je wilt weten wat voor - paradoxaal genoeg - narigheid een ongereguleerde geneesmiddelenindustrie kan veroorzaken. nos.nl/nieuwsuur/arti…

@Nieuwsuur to new US ambassador: "You mentioned [..] that there are no go-zones in the Netherlands and that cars and politicians are set on fire." Pete Hoekstra: "I didn't say that. That's actually an incorrect statement [..] fake news." Hmm, let's have a look at the footage 🤔

In memoriam of the great Kenyan scholar and Harvard Kennedy School Professor Calestous Juma @calestous -- the absence of his wise voice on African development will be a great loss qz.com/1158540/calest…

Profile: Cyril Ramaphosa finally fulfils his political destiny @davidpilling ft.com/content/656ff5… via @FT 🇿🇦

@DPRamaphosa ; congratulations; your Netherlands supporters wish you courage, wisdom and lots of energy to make SA great again.

Bach Weihnachtsoratorium @BachkoorHolland @RCOamsterdam; premiere in Nwe Kerk in Delft; een traditie is geboren!

This is an egregious attack on our democracy. The end of #NetNeutrality protections means that the internet will be for sale to the highest bidder. When our democratic institutions are already in peril, we must do everything we can to stop this decision from taking effect. twitter.com/AP/status/9413…

Een tijdbom onder een tevreden land: Hoe lang moet het inkomen achterblijven, hoe lang kan kapitaal het blijven winnen van arbeid? — @MaartenSchinkel over het @SCPonderzoek rapport nrc.nl/nieuws/2017/12…

#IOB40 @IOBevaluatie ; special session on migration not only a risk but also a dividend;

@IOBevaluatie #IOB40; interesting discussion on independence of IOB advice; my experience has been relatively positive😁however it is a continuous battle; we all always have to be aware of it.

@IOBevaluatie #IOB40 I worked 40 years for MinFA and used excellent IOB research work for 40 years ; congrats IOB and thank you😍!

@DrentsMuseum #assen after 5 years in NYC we felt at home again in Assen with the American dream exhib. well done !

'Aan de buis gekluisterd, woedend en sprakeloos.' De redactie tipt 'Beerput Nederland', hoe frauduleuze afvalbedrijven jarenlang hun gang konden gaan. bit.ly/beerputnl

Dear Congress, have you heard of the government's intertemporal budget constraint? By raising the future debt to GDP ratio from 72 to 85 percent, you didn't cut the long-run tax rate -- you raised it.