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Boycotts and the Jordanian Economy
Boycotts in JordanAs the days in Amman are getting cooler, I find increasingly pleasant to stroll around the city. Small shops, restaurants, and the occasional supermarket are complemented with street vendors and the unmistakable jingle of the pick-up trucks which deliver water and gas. But there is something missing. Something, I could not place my…
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Evaluation and Monitoring in NGOs and Aid Organizations
IntroductionAlthough I have only worked in an NGO for three weeks, I have already noticed a key issue which has been reinforced by conversations with people who work in NGOs and aid organisations. The issue is evaluation and monitoring which aims to improve the overall performance of aid organizations and enable donors to make informed…
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A New Start
After a long time of not posting anything, I have decided to breath some life back into this blog meant for creative and sometimes naïve ideas and why there might be merit in believing in them. In the past I have posted my ideas and provided some arguments why they might be a reasonable analysis…
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Some Thoughts on Climate Justice
This is paper I have written for university. I have expanded it a bit further and changed a few parts. It has a bit more existing theory compared to usual posts but it is good to engage with them and both theories I present here are quite recent and popular. Have been quite busy these…
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Policy Leverage
An interesting concept I stumbled across the other day called policy leverage. Before the concept of policy leverage makes sense, we first need to develop a framework for political action and interest. There are several ways to model democratic systems and the role that voters and parties play within them. Generally, it seems however that…
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The Human Reality
There are in my eyes two kinds of worlds to be studied, the world and the human world. A tree exists without humans, the concept of trees does not. They do not understand themselves as trees and other beings do not either. As humans we take things from the real world (or reality these terms…
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Of Orchestras, Papers and Neutrality
Two thoughts that are a bit connected. Music conveys feelings, emotions, and stories. A riff on the guitar welcomes us like an old friend coming home. Orchestras pieces like “The Four Seasons” by Vivaldi or “The Moldau” by Smetana tell us of the spring blossom and the soft and quiet snow or take us on…
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Some thoughts on Freedom
The difference between freedom of choice and the freedom of wants and desires. (Generally, I am of the opinion that all action is a consequence and dependent on all actions and impressions prior to it, but for the sake of the argument let’s assume there is at least some free will, especially since my opinion…
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Externalities of Social Relations
If Elon Musk bought Luxembourg tomorrow, would you be surprised? Nowadays there some few who own wealth that is simply unimaginable – probably even to them. A prominent current narrative is the idea of the self-made millionaire. Through hard work and smart investment anyone can become rich and more importantly what you earn belongs to…
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Dualism and normative classification
This will be quite short (it won’t) and possibly unstructured (yes) but an interesting thought I just quickly wanted to put into words. First, what is dualism? It is an anthropological theory and societal narrative that puts humans and our culture apart from nature as two separate spheres which interact but are not dependent on…
World of Youthful Idealism 