Jan 21🐟🌶️ #5: Non-zero-sum EconomicsMarkets are not optimal. Markets are Pareto efficient. But not optimal. They start out as a non-zero game, but turn into a zero-sum game. At one point you can’t make anyone better off without making someone else worse off. That’s when non-zero-sum becomes zero-sum. To make it more optimal, you…Market Design3 min readMarket Design3 min read
Jan 7🐟🌶️ Haring’s hot take #4: Pareto’s ParadoxHello 2023. I am still not an economist. Still not yet satisfied with economists. Still not a philosopher. But my post are getting more and more theoretical. 🤷 Last year I wrote 3 hot takes: 1. Startup Quo 2. Systemic Cashing 3. Save Capitalism. It’s time for 4. In my…Fair Markets3 min readFair Markets3 min read
Jan 4Introducing Jars: do right by farmers 3/3With this post I’ll finalize the introduction to Jars. I’ve discussed the crazy idea we started to change the food system through maker kitchens. I explained how in this new system consumers are a force for good. …Food Systems3 min readFood Systems3 min read
Dec 21, 20223 reasons why you don’t want a startup in 2023So… This was me. In 2013. I was in full swing connecting scientists all over the world, mostly computational social scientists, to work with Science Rockstars the company I cofounded in 2011. Our slogan was: “Data Driven. Human Obsessed” (🙏 Pepijn Rooijens) And yes, I was in a skatepark, with…Startup4 min readStartup4 min read
Dec 17, 2022🐟🌶️ Haring’s hot take #3: Save CapitalismThe systems needs to fall. Burn Capitalism down to the ground 🔥🔥🔥. And from the ashes a new system will arise. This is not a joke. It’s a message many “experts” are currently spreading. Often you can start a 10k costing course with these so-called experts on how to go…Capitalism2 min readCapitalism2 min read
Dec 14, 2022Introducing Jars: Consumers as force for good 2/3At Jars we are actively looking for ways to redesign the food system. Or actually food systems. Plural. We want to create modern and responsibile food systems. This post deals with issues that touch the consumer side of our foodstuffs systems. Over the last century, our food has become ultra-processed…Food Systems4 min readFood Systems4 min read
Dec 11, 2022🐟🌶️ Haring’s hot take #2: Systemic CashingWith Seldon Digital we are aiming high, I’m aware of that. We aim to design better systems; shape responsible modern life through technology and forward thinking products. Jars is our first crazy idea to make that tangible. So the public discussion on systemic change has my attention. Even more so…Systemic Change3 min readSystemic Change3 min read
Dec 4, 2022Introducing Jars: a food system we want 1/3This year I’ve been working with Andrei Herasimchuk on a sustainable & healthy food concept. It’s actually a new personal food system that fits a new societal food system. It’s called Jars. Through Jars you create a better food system for the environment and your health by taking action today…Food4 min readFood4 min read
Dec 4, 2022🐟🌶️ Haring’s hot take #1: Startup QuoI didn’t write much for a while now. That’s about to change. I’ve learned a lot again the last months and I would love to share this with you. I have started a new project, a new studio, and a new company. In that order. …Startup3 min readStartup3 min read
Published in I love experiments·Jul 17, 2022Introducing the Fair Profit Share IndexMy fascination with fair markets recently collided with the current developments in the food transition. The food transition has many moving parts, I’ll oversimplify to try to get my point across. My apologies. Mainly I’d want share the evolution of my ideas on fair markets and use the application domain…Food4 min readFood4 min read
