What we’ve read, written and seen
Newsletter week 5
Covid Implications
In the Oltmans van Niekerk studio, we are following the news and sketching timelines every day. For Covid-19 and the implications for the future, we have created a timeline in Miro that helps with making decisions and thinking about future scenario’s. On the 4th of February, 15.00 CET/ 9.00 EST, we will explore and explain the timeline, subscribe here if you want to join!
Back to the Countryside
A growing number of Chinese millennials choose to live in rural settlements based on shared values, often living a communal, largely self-sufficient existence apart from mainstream society and busy city lives. See more here
Messages on the Blockchain
Messages on the Bitcoin blockchain are quite common but creating a biblical message validated in a block whose number has biblical reminiscences: 666,666 is something else. See more here
Will the Olympics Take Place?
We all need something to look forward to, a glimmer of hope this summer. The Tokyo Olympics could be just that, but will Japan be able to realize a safe and secure Olympics? Read more here
Digital Passport
Big tech companies are working on a digital Covid-19 vaccination passport. In 2020, technology became an instrumental role to how we readapt. The next step for big tech is working on a digital Covid-19 vaccination passport making them the gatekeeper for back to normal. See more here
Animalism
How to Be Animal rewrites the human story of how, at the heart of our psychology, we struggle with being animal. The book examines its wide-reaching effects on our lives, our politics and the ways we distance ourselves from other species. Read more here
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Banner image, questions in Miro on the OvN Covid-19 timeline