Science & Cocktails: How Our Money Can Make Everyone Happy

Ticket € 6,50

dinsdag 20 oktober

In Tolhuistuin - Club

Zaal open: 19:00, Voorprogramma: 19:30, Hoofdprogramma: 20:30

Ticket € 6,50

Lidmaatschap niet verplicht

Ticket € 6,50

Lidmaatschap niet verplicht

Programma half zittend, half staand

Dit programma is onderdeel van

Kosmos

The Dutch are richer and happier than ever before. So why is discontent rising so rapidly? And why are more and more voters turning to radical populists who challenge the very foundations of our democracy and prosperity? Is further decline inevitable?

In this talk Rens van Tilburg argues that the deepest divide in Dutch society is not between citizens, but between citizens and their leaders. For decades, the Dutch have been remarkably consistent about the kind of society they want: one in which people look out for one another and everyone can count on a basic level of security — including economic security. Yet political and business leaders remain wedded to a very different idea: that there is ultimately no alternative to a society organized around markets, competition and individual success. This Western worldview has helped deliver extraordinary economic progress, but is now increasingly working against us.

Drawing on a fresh reading of our history and fascinating new insights from biology, psychology and economics, Van Tilburg presents an alternative way of looking at human beings and society — one that puts cooperation, interdependence and shared prosperity at its heart. The result is not a call for sacrifice, but a hopeful vision of a better life for all. Greater equality and security can make societies not only fairer and sustainable, but also happier, more resilient and more prosperous — including for those who are already at the top.

Science & Cocktails is a series of public talks by scientists with live music and smoky dry-ice chilled cocktails in your hand

19:00 doors open for cocktails
19:30 Mood Bored
20:30 Rens van Tilburg

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About
This event is an initiative by the Dutch Institute for Emergent Phenomena (DIEP) with the support of the University of Amsterdam. Science & Cocktails Amsterdam is presented in cooperation with Paradiso Amsterdam

Line-up

Club

Rens van Tilburg
Mood Bored

About Rens

Rens van Tilburg has studied and advised for three decades on a green economy that works for everyone, as a consultant at KPMG, advisor to the European and Dutch parliaments, advisor to ministries, director of the Sustainable Finance Lab, and now as Lead Economist for Energy and Materials Transition at TNO. Rens is or has been active in board positions at the Start Foundation, Centraal Planbureau, Rethinking Economics and Follow This and wrote a column for the Volkskrant. Rens is an Economic Fellow at the VU IVM Institute for Environmental Studies. His book ‘Everything taken care of: how our prosperity can make everyone happy’ (in Dutch, Uitgeverij Balans) will be published at the end of September 2026.

About Mood Bored

Mood Bored (NL) has developed itself over the years into a trio with a distinct sound that finds itself somewhere between shoegaze, noisepop and alt-rock. After two infectious indie-rock EP’s, ‘Bored’ (2023) and ‘Too Much?’ (2025), the band is taking a more raw and experimental direction for their debut album. Beneath walls of noisy guitars and droning drums, a self-aware, explosive inner voice emerges. The record was recorded in Black Mountain Studios, produced by the Irish David Noonan (Just Mustard), and is set for release in the spring of 2027 on Mattan Records. Its first single Skin appears on September 24, 2026.

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Route naar Tolhuistuin

Tolhuistuin (voorheen Paradiso Noord) is gevestigd aan IJpromenade 2 in Amsterdam Noord. Vanaf Amsterdam Centraal kun je met de gratis veerpont naar de overkant, waar je na links af te hebben geslagen, tegen Tolhuistuin aanloopt. Voor clubnachten wordt de ingang aan de achterkant gebruikt (Buiksloterweg 5C), die te bereiken is via het Overhoeksplein.

Eten vooraf
Bij Tolhuistuin is het mogelijk om vooraf te dineren in het gezellige restaurant in hetzelfde gebouw. Reserveren is aan te raden en kan via deze website.

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