Essay — N° 05 · Amsterdam
And Suddenly It Was Autumn
Back in the city after eighteen months away: autumn rain, old friends, AI talk and the promise of a proper coffee.
Contents
Overview
All published pieces, grouped by category.
14 pieces, newest first
Essays 5
Longer personal pieces written from the boat. Sabbatical reflections, mostly, and what the sailing keeps teaching me about standing still.
Essay — N° 04
Gratitude Wins
At the end of the voyage, the luxury was not having time but taking it — even for a load of laundry.
Essay — N° 03
Most of It Was Never Urgent
Eighteen months aboard, and the slow discovery that almost nothing ashore was as urgent as it looked.
Essay — N° 02 · Porquerolles
Porquerolles: Thoughts on a Sabbatical
A note on boredom, small crews and why one goes back.
Essay — N° 01
Running on Stress
Sailing, sabbatical, stress and the awkward work of learning to stand still.
Opinion 9
The Friday Thinkers essays. Realist columns on Europe, technology and power, published under a pen name and collected here in English.
Opinion — N° 09
Power Dressed as Conviction
How the Culture Wars Hijack Belief to Win Ground
Opinion — N° 08
Technology Adoption in Slow Motion
Why We Are Living in Two Parallel Universes
Opinion — N° 07
A Tale of Friendship Part II
Emancipation in a Transactional World
Opinion — N° 06
A Tale of Friendship
How Europe's Adversaries Weaponise Multiculturalism
Opinion — N° 05
Opportunities from Beneath the Bloat
Small Empowered Teams for an Effective Europe in the AI Age
Opinion — N° 04
Europe’s Sick Man
The Calculus of Germany’s Decline and Revival
Opinion — N° 03
Tinkering with Tomorrow
Why 2035 Demands Your Hands-On Attention Today
Opinion — N° 02
The Logic Beneath the Bluster
America’s Strategy in 2026
Opinion — N° 01
Europe, Let’s Talk
Europe’s Quiet Crisis: Five Reforms to Close the Competitiveness Gap