One-dimensional clump thinkers
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 3:08 am
It is a well-known cartoon from the early years of the Internet, by Peter Steiner, New Yorker 1993. A dog is sitting behind a computer. He says to another dog next to him in the room: “on the Internet nobody knows you're a dog”.
The cartoon captures the essence of the internet. The dog might talk to a cuckoo clock, send a tweet that is read by President Obama, or read an inspirational poem from a French toast.
I once played a hockey match for the Rotterdam Leonidas. In the shower I realized after a few minutes that I was standing next to Minister Lubbers. From the moment of recognition the equality had evaporated, that was my fault. We could have had a conversation back to back, without any prejudice. Lubbers might have thought he was the dog. In the shower no one knows that I am a minister.
The internet has endless shower rooms where conversations are held and opinions formed without prejudice. It is in stark contrast to the analogue world, where the mobility of groups is much smaller. Once you belong to a pack, it is difficult to escape. A cluster of like-minded people gives birth to one-dimensional lump thinkers.
A “big” step back
The NRC of 28 May discusses the difficult start of Karl Guha , the new CEO belgium telegram data of Van Lanschot . The shareholders were of the opinion that his remuneration was very high at this time. A welcome bonus of €750,000 was accompanied by an annual salary of the same amount, which may have been difficult to explain to the people at Van Lanschot who had just been fired. Chairman of the Supervisory Board De Swaan defended the proposal by saying that Mr Guha, who came from the Italian Unicredit, had taken a big step back in his remuneration. The alcoholic who goes from three bottles of vodka to one bottle of wine a day will also say that he drinks very little.
The cartoon captures the essence of the internet. The dog might talk to a cuckoo clock, send a tweet that is read by President Obama, or read an inspirational poem from a French toast.
I once played a hockey match for the Rotterdam Leonidas. In the shower I realized after a few minutes that I was standing next to Minister Lubbers. From the moment of recognition the equality had evaporated, that was my fault. We could have had a conversation back to back, without any prejudice. Lubbers might have thought he was the dog. In the shower no one knows that I am a minister.
The internet has endless shower rooms where conversations are held and opinions formed without prejudice. It is in stark contrast to the analogue world, where the mobility of groups is much smaller. Once you belong to a pack, it is difficult to escape. A cluster of like-minded people gives birth to one-dimensional lump thinkers.
A “big” step back
The NRC of 28 May discusses the difficult start of Karl Guha , the new CEO belgium telegram data of Van Lanschot . The shareholders were of the opinion that his remuneration was very high at this time. A welcome bonus of €750,000 was accompanied by an annual salary of the same amount, which may have been difficult to explain to the people at Van Lanschot who had just been fired. Chairman of the Supervisory Board De Swaan defended the proposal by saying that Mr Guha, who came from the Italian Unicredit, had taken a big step back in his remuneration. The alcoholic who goes from three bottles of vodka to one bottle of wine a day will also say that he drinks very little.