Alex Nedelcu
columnist
Alex Nedelcu is an international double master’s student in Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Energy Technology.
Alex Nedelcu wonders whether younger generations still have anything to look forward to. The ecological system is no longer stable and society is heading for social and economic disaster. Is Earth going bankrupt, for example?
Collective memory is essential for keeping controversial issues in the spotlight, argues Alex Nedelcu. Such as cooperation with the fossil industry and Israeli universities.
Alex Nedelcu is ready for a new phone and is thinking about what is more important: convenience or privacy. He realises that you need to think about this every day in the digital world.
When so many try to profit from you by removing friction, adding your own friction is a good thing. In a world that wants to make our lives easier, Alex Nedelcu chooses to make it harder.
Alex Nedelcu is highly critical of the Student Council parties. They do not represent all the students and he thinks they bow down too much to the Executive Board.
When is the work you put in not worth it? Alex Nedelcu wonders. His answer: when it negatively affects the rest of your life. He is looking for the perfect balance.
Invest, cut, invest, cut. Columnist Alex Nedelcu sees a cycle in higher education and he hopes that it doesn’t make people cynical. His conclusion is that he has to fight the same battle as his parents.
Columnist Alex Nedelcu is not against being sceptical – scepticism is the foundation of good science, and it is healthy when faced with so many conflicting narratives. But you can’t only be sceptical towards those you don’t like.
It is in human nature to ignore long-term risks, writes Alex Nedelcu. But should we just accept that?
People nowadays live in very different realities, writes Alex Nedelcu. So he asks himself, who does true reality even belong to?
Although he still thinks there are plenty of good reasons for humanity to go to space, columnist Alex Nedelcu views his childhood dream of contributing to these endeavours differently: we need to save our own planet first.
Alex Nedelcu believes that he’s lucky to live in a city like Delft. However, he sees that it’s not an option for every TU Delft student. It seems to him that very few new housing developments are actually geared towards students.
It is not true that there is no money for public institutions and education, writes Alex Nedelcu. “Why is austerity in these sectors seen as gospel and is not to be challenged?”
To be a member of the TU Delft community should not mean watching from the sidelines, but involve actual participation. That’s not the case now, writes columnist Alex Nedelcu. ‘Decisions that affect us will be made – with or without us’.
The dream of innovation is simply not enough to take us where we need to be in fighting climate change. Innovation can even hinder progress, writes columnist Alex Nedelcu.
It is concerning that TU Delft hires so many consultants to solve its problems, writes Delta’s new student columnist Alex Nedelcu in his first piece. It hinders us from actually solving problems, he argues.
