Jochem de Groot
@jochemdegroot.bsky.social
Tech policy www.humanative.nl | CVV Advisory Council Foreign Affairs | NL Atlantic Association | speaking | writing book @ Bezige Bij | ex-Microsoft, Philips & MFA NL | Dutch/English
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Microsoft benadert landen alsof het hun natuurlijke partner is. Nederland is gevoelig voor deze benadering en voert ongewild de agenda van Microsoft uit. Inmiddels behoort het tot de beste Microsoftklanten wereldwijd.
‘Nederland liet zich voor het karretje van Microsoft spannen’
Jochem de Groot | Ex-lobbyist Microsoft: Microsoft benadert landen alsof het hun natuurlijke partner is. Nederland is gevoelig voor deze benadering en voert ongewild de agenda van Microsoft uit. Inmiddels behoort het tot de beste Microsoftklanten wereldwijd. „We zijn mentaal gekoloniseerd.”
www.nrc.nl
November 15, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Reposted by Jochem de Groot
„Microsoft is ook zo invloedrijk omdat het een verhaal vertelt waar de Haagse politieke elite enorm ontvankelijk voor is. Maar we moeten in Nederland zelf nadenken over de richting van het beleid, waarbij digitalisering een middel is, geen doel.”
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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‘Nederland liet zich voor het karretje van Microsoft spannen’
Jochem de Groot | Ex-lobbyist Microsoft: Microsoft benadert landen alsof het hun natuurlijke partner is. Nederland is gevoelig voor deze benadering en voert ongewild de agenda van Microsoft uit. Inmid...
www.nrc.nl
November 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
„Microsoft is ook zo invloedrijk omdat het een verhaal vertelt waar de Haagse politieke elite enorm ontvankelijk voor is. Maar we moeten in Nederland zelf nadenken over de richting van het beleid, waarbij digitalisering een middel is, geen doel.”
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Mijn non-fictie boek Kolonisten van de Cloud staat in de najaarscatalogus van De Bezige Bij: bit.ly/4l1M5Xy
Begin november 2025 komt het uit. Verheug me erop!
Begin november 2025 komt het uit. Verheug me erop!
June 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Mijn non-fictie boek Kolonisten van de Cloud staat in de najaarscatalogus van De Bezige Bij: bit.ly/4l1M5Xy
Begin november 2025 komt het uit. Verheug me erop!
Begin november 2025 komt het uit. Verheug me erop!
@minpresnl.bsky.social Schoof: “The Netherlands provides a consistent supply of NATO Secretary Generals”
June 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
@minpresnl.bsky.social Schoof: “The Netherlands provides a consistent supply of NATO Secretary Generals”
Reposted by Jochem de Groot
Inspirerende start van het NL IGF event op 5 juni! 🌐
Jochem de Groot (@jochemdegroot.bsky.social) opent de middag in de Koninklijke Schouwburg in Den Haag met zijn keynote 'Bots, blokken en bondgenoten: over de nieuwe geopolitiek van technologie'.
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Jochem de Groot (@jochemdegroot.bsky.social) opent de middag in de Koninklijke Schouwburg in Den Haag met zijn keynote 'Bots, blokken en bondgenoten: over de nieuwe geopolitiek van technologie'.
Bent u erbij? ➡️ www.aanmelder.nl/164368/subsc...
March 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Inspirerende start van het NL IGF event op 5 juni! 🌐
Jochem de Groot (@jochemdegroot.bsky.social) opent de middag in de Koninklijke Schouwburg in Den Haag met zijn keynote 'Bots, blokken en bondgenoten: over de nieuwe geopolitiek van technologie'.
Bent u erbij? ➡️ www.aanmelder.nl/164368/subsc...
Jochem de Groot (@jochemdegroot.bsky.social) opent de middag in de Koninklijke Schouwburg in Den Haag met zijn keynote 'Bots, blokken en bondgenoten: over de nieuwe geopolitiek van technologie'.
Bent u erbij? ➡️ www.aanmelder.nl/164368/subsc...
So many questions
March 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
So many questions
“Donald Trump will never win the Nobel Peace prize. But he should be a strong contender for the Charlemagne prize — which is awarded each year to the person who has made the greatest contribution to European unity.”
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Trump is making Europe great again
The US president has provided the biggest stimulus towards European integration since the end of the cold war
on.ft.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“Donald Trump will never win the Nobel Peace prize. But he should be a strong contender for the Charlemagne prize — which is awarded each year to the person who has made the greatest contribution to European unity.”
👌🏻
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Reposted by Jochem de Groot
We will never know— we will never have the faintest idea— how much money is getting made in insider trading windfalls from people in Trump's and Musk's circles who have an hour of notice about the daily swings in tariff policy or the occasional announced *expectations* of such swings.
March 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
We will never know— we will never have the faintest idea— how much money is getting made in insider trading windfalls from people in Trump's and Musk's circles who have an hour of notice about the daily swings in tariff policy or the occasional announced *expectations* of such swings.
Here are the trolligarchs 🇺🇸
Fact: today, US gov turned full troll.
February 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Here are the trolligarchs 🇺🇸
Just imagine if Ursula von der Leyen would scold MAGA Americans - speaking to them in the United States - that their free speech-interpretations are hypocritical & opportunistic, those very same free speech-principles would prove worthless. They probably wouldnt even let her speak
#jdvance #msc2025
#jdvance #msc2025
February 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
February 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Excellent & daunting FA-essay on Trump47:
“America is on the cusp of competitive authoritarianism. The Trump administration has already begun to weaponize state institutions & deploy them against opponents. The Constitution alone cannot save U.S. democracy.”
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
“America is on the cusp of competitive authoritarianism. The Trump administration has already begun to weaponize state institutions & deploy them against opponents. The Constitution alone cannot save U.S. democracy.”
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Path to American Authoritarianism
What comes after democratic breakdown.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Excellent & daunting FA-essay on Trump47:
“America is on the cusp of competitive authoritarianism. The Trump administration has already begun to weaponize state institutions & deploy them against opponents. The Constitution alone cannot save U.S. democracy.”
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
“America is on the cusp of competitive authoritarianism. The Trump administration has already begun to weaponize state institutions & deploy them against opponents. The Constitution alone cannot save U.S. democracy.”
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Jan Vroegindelegbatterij 🥚
February 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Jan Vroegindelegbatterij 🥚
Wilders over asielwetten: “IK bepaal wat WIJ daarvan vinden”
Enough said
Enough said
February 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Wilders over asielwetten: “IK bepaal wat WIJ daarvan vinden”
Enough said
Enough said
A new paper from researchers at Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University finds that as humans increasingly rely on generative AI in their work, they use less critical thinking, which can “result in the deterioration of cognitive faculties that ought to be preserved.”
www.404media.co/microsoft-st...
www.404media.co/microsoft-st...
Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared”
Researchers find that the more people use AI at their job, the less critical thinking they use.
www.404media.co
February 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A new paper from researchers at Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University finds that as humans increasingly rely on generative AI in their work, they use less critical thinking, which can “result in the deterioration of cognitive faculties that ought to be preserved.”
www.404media.co/microsoft-st...
www.404media.co/microsoft-st...
Overheard in discussion on choppy NATO waters:
“If tariff wars slash GDP’s across NATO countries, it might ironically make it a lot cheaper to get to 2, 3 or even the ludicrous 5% defense spend” 📉
“If tariff wars slash GDP’s across NATO countries, it might ironically make it a lot cheaper to get to 2, 3 or even the ludicrous 5% defense spend” 📉
February 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Overheard in discussion on choppy NATO waters:
“If tariff wars slash GDP’s across NATO countries, it might ironically make it a lot cheaper to get to 2, 3 or even the ludicrous 5% defense spend” 📉
“If tariff wars slash GDP’s across NATO countries, it might ironically make it a lot cheaper to get to 2, 3 or even the ludicrous 5% defense spend” 📉
“It is possible to develop a model with the best intentions, and for that model to be misused later on. The best governance policies will be designed to tactically mitigate such risk while rewarding responsible implementation.”
on.ft.com/3EEAYDu Now more than ever, AI needs a governance framework
on.ft.com/3EEAYDu Now more than ever, AI needs a governance framework
Now more than ever, AI needs a governance framework
It is possible to develop a model with the best intentions, and for that model to be misused later on
on.ft.com
February 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
“It is possible to develop a model with the best intentions, and for that model to be misused later on. The best governance policies will be designed to tactically mitigate such risk while rewarding responsible implementation.”
on.ft.com/3EEAYDu Now more than ever, AI needs a governance framework
on.ft.com/3EEAYDu Now more than ever, AI needs a governance framework
Etnische zuivering als toeristisch business model: CorenDonald aan de Gaza Rivièra
February 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Etnische zuivering als toeristisch business model: CorenDonald aan de Gaza Rivièra
Ex-FTC-boss Lina Kahn:
“Big tech chief executives…seemed more adept at reinventing themselves to suit the politics of the moment — resistance sympathizers, social justice warriors, MAGA…— than on pioneering new pathbreaking innovations & breakthrough technologies.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/o...
“Big tech chief executives…seemed more adept at reinventing themselves to suit the politics of the moment — resistance sympathizers, social justice warriors, MAGA…— than on pioneering new pathbreaking innovations & breakthrough technologies.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/o...
Opinion | DeepSeek Serves as a Warning About Big Tech
The arrival of DeepSeek shows us the competitive weaknesses of America’s tech giants.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Ex-FTC-boss Lina Kahn:
“Big tech chief executives…seemed more adept at reinventing themselves to suit the politics of the moment — resistance sympathizers, social justice warriors, MAGA…— than on pioneering new pathbreaking innovations & breakthrough technologies.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/o...
“Big tech chief executives…seemed more adept at reinventing themselves to suit the politics of the moment — resistance sympathizers, social justice warriors, MAGA…— than on pioneering new pathbreaking innovations & breakthrough technologies.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/o...
Beter een verre vriend dan een goede buur
Leavitt: "The president will be implementing tomorrow 25 percent tariffs on Mexico, 25 percent on Canada, and a 10 percent tariff on China."
January 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Beter een verre vriend dan een goede buur
Reposted by Jochem de Groot
WHAT DOES THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ASK FOR WHEN HE'S IN A FRENCH RESTAURANT?
hors d'oeuvres, hors d'oeuvres!
hors d'oeuvres, hors d'oeuvres!
January 31, 2025 at 12:16 PM
WHAT DOES THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ASK FOR WHEN HE'S IN A FRENCH RESTAURANT?
hors d'oeuvres, hors d'oeuvres!
hors d'oeuvres, hors d'oeuvres!
Uitgekeken op de gipsen replica van de kleine zeemeermin in de voortuin
January 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Uitgekeken op de gipsen replica van de kleine zeemeermin in de voortuin