2025 - YADL

Joy of reading vs frustration - or how a stack of books works as a positive spiral of happiness

I hope you feel like I do: I love reading books. To keep this passion for reading going, I follow Darious Forroux's advice from his book "Win Your Inner Battles." He says if you want to read more, buy more books. If you have more books, you have more choices. With choice—a large pile of unread books—you have no excuse not to read.

2025-04-01 4 minutes

Weekly review

Weekly review cw 13

This week's first experience with mood tracking, a corrupted database, and the impact of very late assumption validation in projects … was a hot week.

2025-03-30 3 minutes

Book review

Review "How fascism works: the politics of us and them"

In his book "How Fascism Works: the politics of us and them," Jason Stanley, the renowned American philosopher and professor at Yale University, analyzes the foundations of this political ideology. Reading the book sharpens awareness of right-wing rhetoric and illustrates the spread of right-wing ideas worldwide. This is a clear recommendation for anyone who cares about freedom and democracy!

2025-03-28 5 minutes