Years ago, I had a blog, mostly about Lebanon where I was living at the time. I was dealing mostly with what was happening in the Middle East at the time and got referenced by several media, grew a surprisingly big number of critical followers, and got threatened with lawsuits twice. When I left Lebanon, I tried to blog again but it felt the moment was gone.
We live in hyperinformation and I am amazed by the amount of information I have to deal with everyday. I teach mass communication at Erasmus University in Rotterdam and I can feel how my students are struggling to acquire accurate information. I also noticed this issue when I train diplomats and civil servants at Clingendael, the Diplomatic Academy of the Netherlands. As I have the luxury to receive a salary to think about the information process, I am reopening my blog to hopefully help readers to understand the constantly changing process of information.
I will tackle topics as they appear and also spend some time on concepts. I like the idea that a blog is free, global, and easy to update without filters. I hope to be as regular as I used to be with one post a day, but am aiming more at one per week. I am not as available as I was as a younger man, but will try to do my best to post often. You can always ask questions in the comments, once you start existing as an audience.
See you soon, read me in the future.
We live in hyperinformation and I am amazed by the amount of information I have to deal with everyday. I teach mass communication at Erasmus University in Rotterdam and I can feel how my students are struggling to acquire accurate information. I also noticed this issue when I train diplomats and civil servants at Clingendael, the Diplomatic Academy of the Netherlands. As I have the luxury to receive a salary to think about the information process, I am reopening my blog to hopefully help readers to understand the constantly changing process of information.
I will tackle topics as they appear and also spend some time on concepts. I like the idea that a blog is free, global, and easy to update without filters. I hope to be as regular as I used to be with one post a day, but am aiming more at one per week. I am not as available as I was as a younger man, but will try to do my best to post often. You can always ask questions in the comments, once you start existing as an audience.
See you soon, read me in the future.