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Do Popular People Deserve their Popularity?

The meritocratic nature of popularity – and why it is harmful to the social environment of adolescents.

11 min readMay 10, 2021

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Do Popular People Deserve their Popularity?

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Alessandro van den Berg

The Meaninglessness of National Pride and Traditions

This is the third part of an essay series surrounding the concept of identity. The reader is not required to read the series in any…

8 min readNov 27, 2020

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The Meaninglessness of National Pride and Traditions

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Alessandro van den Berg

The Unfortunate Disregard for the Unique Individual.

This is the second part of an essay-series surrounding the concept of identity. The reader is not required to read the series in any…

7 min readNov 27, 2020

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The Unfortunate Disregard for the Unique Individual.

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Alessandro van den Berg

A Fair and Necessary Approach to Identity

This is the first part of an essay-series surrounding the concept of identity. The reader is not required to read the series in any…

11 min readNov 27, 2020

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A Fair and Necessary Approach to Identity

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Alessandro van den Berg

The Burden of Knowledge

One of the main epistemological questions that various thinkers have tried to answer is ‘what does it mean to know?’. The German-American…

12 min readJan 2, 2020

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The Burden of Knowledge

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Alessandro van den Berg

The Struggle of the “Little Professor”

I didn’t “fit” in society. That isn’t a problem of society. Setting aside moments of petulance, I viewed it as a plain fact. There it was…

9 min readJul 12, 2019

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The Struggle of the “Little Professor”

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Alessandro van den Berg

An Antidote to Autism

Before you continue reading, this article is not about a real antidote to autism. We all know autism can’t be cured, this does not mean…

11 min readApr 9, 2019

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An Antidote to Autism

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Alessandro van den Berg

Alessandro van den Berg

A BA in general economics and studying psychology at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. Previously written for Areo Magazine and Merion West

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