Saturday 30 November 2019

The Bank of Good Intentions

Recently Marcel Canoy gave a lecture at Amsterdam University College on his book "The Bank of Good Intentions". I made this lecture into a podcast in three parts.

You can download them here: part 1, part 2, part 3.



Saturday 16 November 2019

Relax, Relate, Reflect goes next level

On my Dutch blog www.daanvanschalkwijk.nl I have been using the slogan 'Relax, Relate, Reflect' for a while now. It expresses the core of how I would like people to use my popular writings.

Now, I am taking this slogan to the next level with a monthly mailing list aimed at helping people have good conversations with friends, family, and colleagues about big questions in their lives. You can sign up here. Here's a short intro. 


Do people really behave the way classical economics expects them to?
I explore this theme in a story on Claudio, an economics student, who dresses up as Sinterklaas and tries to play game theory pranks on his cousins, risking a family disaster. 


(*) I'm starting to use my first names Daniel Bernardus as a writing name more accessible to international audiences than the 'interesting' Dutch sounds...

Mercatornet Article on Loneliness

Recently, I've been working with students at Amsterdam University College on mental health issues. It's a big problem in our western societies. Loneliness is one aspect of it, on which I wrote this op-ed piece at Mercatornet some time ago. Apologies for only posting it here now. The fact that it rose in most-read rankings, underlines the seriousness of the issue.

Monday 28 January 2019

AUC student writes about faith at university

For an internship, an AUC student is writing a series of articles about faith at university. One of these articles is about Christianity. For it, she interviewed several people, me among them. The article has turned out very nice and can be read here.

Wednesday 9 January 2019

A Better New Year's Resolution: Find Peace of Mind

This article was published on Mercatornet today. It is the fruit of my philosophical studies over the Christmas break, and wants to help people find some peace of mind in tumultous times.

You can find the article here.