Things are not looking too rosy for the big NGOs. Being crowded out of a market they had established, losing touch with online communities and grassroots support, having gurus steal their issues, seeing the nature of the game in Brussels change …
Nature favours the strong; Science protects the weak; I am weak!
While nature favours the strong over the weak, I get my strength from humanity!
The Risk-Monger’s Top 10 Worst Moments of 2016: The Year of Stupid!
My Top 10 Stupidest Moments of 2016. How I wish 2017 would be reasonable.
Cultivating Weeds: Why EU NGO funding needs scrutiny
Imagine the EU funding NGOs to attack EU strategy; imagine NGOs under-reporting revenue and then giving public funds to other NGOs. Imagine there is no scrutiny of any of this.
How to Deal with Stupid, Part 4/10: The Activist Playbook: How Stupid Keeps Winning
Stupid can win if it is clever. NGOs have developed an Activist Playbook – a means to take stupid ideas and strategically implement a campaign to successfully affect policy.
Stupid Spelt Backwards: Acrylamide
Only in the Age of Stupid can NGOs like CEO push regulators to impose the precautionary principle on cooked food if we can’t prove it is not carcinogenic.
Hail to the Tweet: Tribalism and America’s First Social Media President
Trump took advantage of social media to create a view of the world that could be sold to a large audience. As we drift deeper into the Age of Stupid, we need to quickly adapt to this communications technology.
The importance of trust in our decisions
We cannot support something or someone we don’t trust. As Hillary is finding out, trust is essential.
How to Deal with Stupid Part 3/10: Eco-fundamentalism: The rise of environmental dogma
Site update reblog from last December into how eco-fundamentalism has grown into a full religion. We often see how environmental zealots use emotion to spread fear.
Is IARC Fit for Purpose?
IARC has continued to slide into an crisis of legitimacy. Recent unethical, biased behaviour has left the agency no longer fit for purpose.
Monsanto Tribunal: How Obsessive Compulsive Activists Try to Control the Message
Getting thrown out of the Monsanto Tribunal was absurd; sustaining several days of personal attacks was obsessive compulsive. A personal journey into how activists control the message.
Monsanto Tribunal: Research on the Testimonies
If journalists are actually covering the fake €500,000 Monsanto stunt in The Hague, they can use research on the testimonies in this blog.
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