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Culture in New Europe (Part 5 in the New Europe series)
So, here we are again in the (much belayed) next instalment of how I would shape my Europe.
In this chapter I’ll discuss Culture. As I see it, culture has a decisive role to play in any nation. Without it, there is no factor to unite a people. Culture provides the central themes around which a nation can bond and through which it can create a feeling of togetherness. It is one of the things which makes proud nations successful. This is clearly seen in many larger nations. Also, nations which fail to install such a central culture are bound to fail at some point if the differences are stronger than the common ground found in the things which do bind the different peoples within the same nation. These themes involve customs, religion and shared icons. Continue reading
R.I.P. Free internet in the EU.
Today is a sad day in the history of freedom. Today, the European Parliament approved a proposal which mandates a form of net neutrality which in fact is everything but that.
Telecom companies have won a major battle to charge extra for basically nothing extra delivered on their part. The carrot which was dangled in from of member nations was the abolishment of roaming charges. But through lobbying and cartel-like practices the telco’s have banded together to strike it rich. Continue reading
The cost of not printing
How much environmental damage is incurred from running all those servers which store these emails? Many people have the habits to store emails pretty much indefinitely. At some point the environmental cost runnign the servers would be greater than printing the mails. Also, there is theĀ Energy costs of coal