Amiel Kornel
@amielk.bsky.social
Board Director, Investor, and Entrepreneurship geek, I teach entrepreneurial finance at #ESCP Business School in Paris and authored Spinning into Control: Improvising the Sustainable Startup.
I share Brooks' contempt for Netanyahu and Trump, but I don’t agree that Trump's made-for-TV military show makes the world safer. Quite the contrary. Repression will grow in Iran and without international monitoring, Iran will weaponise its already enriched uranium.
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Opinion | I Detest Netanyahu, but on Some Things He’s Actually Right
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June 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I share Brooks' contempt for Netanyahu and Trump, but I don’t agree that Trump's made-for-TV military show makes the world safer. Quite the contrary. Repression will grow in Iran and without international monitoring, Iran will weaponise its already enriched uranium.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/o...
Just back from Spain, where we traveled only by train, bus and foot. No plane or rented car. “Slow travel”, I call it. We liked the slower pace it imposed. Felt like we saw a lot more of the Basque Country, where we started out, and Moor-influenced Andalusia in the south.
Cordoba was stunning.
Cordoba was stunning.
April 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Just back from Spain, where we traveled only by train, bus and foot. No plane or rented car. “Slow travel”, I call it. We liked the slower pace it imposed. Felt like we saw a lot more of the Basque Country, where we started out, and Moor-influenced Andalusia in the south.
Cordoba was stunning.
Cordoba was stunning.
Read my review of this terrific series. And let me know what you think, of both the series and the review. It’s a new art form ;-) for me! boxd.it/8yx2XZ
A ★★★★½ review of Ripley (2024)
This miniseries, based on one of the Ripley novels by Patricia Highsmith, delves deliciously and deviously into the twisted sociopathic machinations of the title's eponymous protagonist. He toys with ...
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April 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Read my review of this terrific series. And let me know what you think, of both the series and the review. It’s a new art form ;-) for me! boxd.it/8yx2XZ
If you haven't watched it yet, this UK mini-series, both funny and disturbing, might be your cup of tea. Here's my review. letterboxd.com/amielkornel/...
A ★★★★ review of Baby Reindeer (2024)
Partly autobiographical, partly fictional, the miniseries recounts the Scottish director-writer's experience as a struggling comedian and actor stalked by a woman who happens into the bar where we wor...
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March 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
If you haven't watched it yet, this UK mini-series, both funny and disturbing, might be your cup of tea. Here's my review. letterboxd.com/amielkornel/...
Individuals are not powerless. We can weaponize our choices as consumers and investors, turning them into "votes" on government and corporate policies. In the aggregate, those votes can #impact the way political winds blow. What are some examples you can think of? #activism #governance
February 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Individuals are not powerless. We can weaponize our choices as consumers and investors, turning them into "votes" on government and corporate policies. In the aggregate, those votes can #impact the way political winds blow. What are some examples you can think of? #activism #governance
Migrating from Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to alternative platforms (Bluesky and Letterboxd) that refuse to accommodate racists, xenophobes and antisemites. And whose CEOs don't feel compelled to kowtow to our felonious president.
Cartoon by Nicola Jennings, The Guardian, 1/8/25
Cartoon by Nicola Jennings, The Guardian, 1/8/25
February 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Migrating from Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to alternative platforms (Bluesky and Letterboxd) that refuse to accommodate racists, xenophobes and antisemites. And whose CEOs don't feel compelled to kowtow to our felonious president.
Cartoon by Nicola Jennings, The Guardian, 1/8/25
Cartoon by Nicola Jennings, The Guardian, 1/8/25
Read my movie review of a Paul Newman classic. boxd.it/8LIz3f
A ★★★★ review of Hud (1963)
Exploding the myth of the charismatic cowboy, Paul Newman's 1963 portrayal of a misogynistic alcoholic pulls no punches. Bereft of empathy and humanity, Hud's charm enables him to prey on women with i...
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February 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Read my movie review of a Paul Newman classic. boxd.it/8LIz3f
Photo I took a year ago in Paris only gained poignancy this week with the confirmation of Ariel and Kfir’s assassination by Hamas. The tender gaze of then 4-year-old Ariel seemed directed at his baby brother. That someone could rip the poster of the 8-month-old Kfir struck me as an obscenity.
February 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Photo I took a year ago in Paris only gained poignancy this week with the confirmation of Ariel and Kfir’s assassination by Hamas. The tender gaze of then 4-year-old Ariel seemed directed at his baby brother. That someone could rip the poster of the 8-month-old Kfir struck me as an obscenity.
For my 1st post, a quote from Illinois governor JB Pritzker’s Feb. 19 speech:
“It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic. … Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.”
“It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic. … Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.”
February 22, 2025 at 7:39 AM
For my 1st post, a quote from Illinois governor JB Pritzker’s Feb. 19 speech:
“It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic. … Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.”
“It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic. … Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.”