Health
Gaming and children
Published in El Pais, 26 February 2022. Yesterday I attended a talk on the prevention of gaming in boys (this term also encompasses girls) by researchers from IRIS Zorg, based on the results of a […]
Economics
How the Canadian government, and yours, can take your cryptocurrency
Published in El Pais, 23 February 2022. Canada has been all over the news lately and depending on your point of view, for good or bad reasons. The government made all truckers crossing the Canada/US […]
Economics
Speaking multiple languages
Published in El Pais, 12 February 2022. Approximately twenty-two years was the first time I arrived in Bolivia and my knowledge of Spanish was zero, I only spoke English and Dutch. I tried to speak […]
Corona virus
Are you really immune against COVID-19?
Published in El Pais, 9 February 2022. While the number of infections caused by the Ómicron variant seem to be declining in some countries, we again wonder if this is the end of COVID-19. We […]
Economics
The importance of having parking spots
Publicado en El Pais, 5 de Febrero 2022. When it occurs to us to go for our groceries, obviously first we think about the things that we need, and we worry about making a list […]
Economics
The situation with Bitcoin and El Salvador
Published in El Pais, 29 January 2022. Bitcoin just crashed going below $34,000, well down from its all-time high of over $60,000. Crypto enthusiasts have been claiming now is the time to “buy the dip”, […]