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Mike "Veezy" van Zandwijk on Tech, Business & Life at Large
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2025

There are 40 posts published in 2025 (this is page 3 of 4).

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A Storytelling Manifesto for the Corporate World

Rethink corporate storytelling with insights from TED Talks, TV shows, and The Matrix. Discover why time, structure, and storytelling matter more than slides.

in 🎤 Presenting, 📃 Articles | May 8, 2025 | 700 Words | Comment

The Hidden Scales: From Divine Loneliness to Conscious Love

A short journal reflecting on the hidden scales of life—from microscopic worlds to cosmic love, and the deep feelings that arise in between.

in 📔 Journail, 🤯 Mike's Mind | May 7, 2025 | 582 Words | Comment

Walter Russell and the Cost of Being Too Early

Walter Russell’s visions, Tesla’s time capsule, and the blurry zone where science, imagination, and belief collide — explored through the lens of Mike’s Mind.

in 📔 Journail, 🤯 Mike's Mind | May 6, 2025 | 702 Words | Comment

The Ghost in the Blog: Decoding False Memories

Mike revisits his 2007 blog files, decoding old posts with GPT, reflecting on prompt traps, model collapse, and what old games can teach us about digital consciousness.

in 📔 Journail, 📼 Nostalgia, 🤯 Mike's Mind | May 2, 2025 | 1,157 Words | Comment

The Real Batman, Icelandic Horses & New or Forgotten Superpowers

Meet Daniel Kish, the real-life Batman who taught himself echolocation. What he and Icelandic horses reveal about instinct and the superpowers we ignore.

in 📔 Journail, 🤯 Mike's Mind | April 30, 2025 | 700 Words | Comment

Gremlins, Grilled Cheese, and the Fine Line of Trust

A day of small heartbreaks and sweet recoveries: a father reflects on trust, lies, music, and parenting lessons over grilled cheese and Gremlins.

in 📔 Journail, 🤯 Mike's Mind | April 29, 2025 | 469 Words | Comment

Who’s the Dick Now?

Philip K. Dick saw our world as a simulation decades before The Matrix. What if he was right? Reflections on time, reality, and why you are the signal, not the noise.

in 📔 Journail, 🤯 Mike's Mind | April 28, 2025 | 761 Words | Comment

The Headset Beyond the Game of Life: Why Space-Time Is Just the Loading Screen

Space-time isn’t fundamental. According to Donald Hoffman and the math behind quantum reality, we’re in a headset—just pixels on a screen. Here’s what that means.

in 📃 Articles | April 25, 2025 | 960 Words | Comment

Pathy Paradox: From Empathy to Telepathy in a Simulation

Exploring empathy, simulation theory, and cosmic storytelling—through YouTube rabbit holes, lost moon tapes, and a Looking Glass into reality.

in 📔 Journail, 🤯 Mike's Mind | April 24, 2025 | 914 Words | Comment

Long Live the Em Dash — Death to the Semicolon

Smart glasses, bilingual mix-ups, the em dash’s jazz solo, and a two-day synchronicity trip—Mike journals a ride through thought, faith, and the rhythm of inner voice.

in 📔 Journail, 🤯 Mike's Mind | April 22, 2025 | 898 Words | Comment

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  • Data, Dates & Disillusions: A Memoir in Three LivesJune 4, 2025
  • The Census and the Bullet Holes: What Data Doesn’t ShowJune 3, 2025
  • When the Break Lights Lie: A Signal to Start Data MonthJune 2, 2025
  • Eyes Wide Open: The Paradox of Privacy in a Smart WorldMay 29, 2025
  • Roundabouts, Ray-Bans, and the WestlandMay 28, 2025
  • Zit Happens: Ramblings Through a Video ShootMay 26, 2025
  • Curiosapiens: What Your Favorite Scientists ReflectMay 25, 2025
  • Saying Yes to One is a No to ManyMay 24, 2025

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  5. The Spy Within Me: A Thriller from the Field
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  8. My article on hybrid work in ChannelWeb
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