Peter De Keyzer

Founder & Managing Partner @Growth_Inc_ | The best is yet to come... | co-author of "Belgium 2040 - Van Stilstand naar Strategie"

[Peter De Keyzer @PeterDeKeyzer]

Boeiend interview met @EdwinDeBoeck over de hervormingen en saneringen waar we met België voor staan.

Heel blij dat ik voor hem heb mogen werken aan het begin van mijn carrière. Bijzonder veel van bijgeleerd. 🙏🏻

https://t.co/Il8ytKEksZ

[Peter De Keyzer @PeterDeKeyzer]

@tmdpw @JDeMeulemeester Hoe groter de sociale zekerheid, hoe kleiner de individuele vrijheid. Je kan het niet het ene hebben zonder het andere.

[Steven Peeters @aikisteve]

No kidding. This is a real speed sign in Belgium. Good luck @Tesla_AI reading this small font and applying the correct speed limit at the right time. 🫣 Even humans can’t read and interpret that in time while approaching at even 30km/h @teslaeurope
@AnnickDeRidder infrastructure in Belgium also needs a serious update if we want to further roll out (semi-)autonomous vehicles. It’s not just the car brands that need to make it happen. Countries also bear responsibility to take action to facilitate it.

[Peter De Keyzer @PeterDeKeyzer]

@ancapoen Was me ook opgevallen toen ik er was vorige maand.

De manager van een Buc’ees verdient meer dan de premier van België 😎

[Yoram Wijngaarde @yoramdw]

Europe has ~$15T in pension and insurance savings.

Over the entire past decade, just 0.10% of that pool was committed to European venture.

Europe does not have a savings problem. It has a capital-allocation problem.

[PixelPlatoon 🇺🇦🇪🇺 @PixelPlatoon80]

De jeugd heeft de toekomst.
https://t.co/cluNKtbOYF

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

The doctor who delivered Dolly Parton in a one-room Tennessee cabin in 1946 was paid with a sack of cornmeal. Her father farmed other people's land and could not read or write. Eighty years later, the reading program she built in his name has mailed more than 300 million books.

She wrote "I Will Always Love You" on the same afternoon she wrote "Jolene," as a goodbye to Porter Wagoner, and released it in 1974. Elvis wanted it. The night before the session, Colonel Tom Parker called and said Presley would only record it if they got half the publishing, meaning half of everything the song ever earned. She had been in Nashville ten years by then. She said no, and cried all night. Whitney Houston cut her version in 1992, held number one for fourteen weeks, and Forbes later put Parton's royalties from it near $10 million. She put some of that money into an office complex in Nashville and called the place the house that Whitney built.

Dollywood opened in Pigeon Forge in 1986 because she wanted paychecks in the county she came from. Around 4,000 people work there now. Three million visitors come every year. The University of Tennessee put its economic impact at $1.8 billion, and it is the largest employer in Sevier County. Since 2022 the company has paid tuition, fees, and books in full for every worker from their first day, seasonal hires included.

Wildfires tore through those mountains in November 2016, killing fourteen people and destroying more than 2,400 buildings. Her foundation was handing out money within 48 hours. Every family that lost a home got $1,000 a month for six months, regardless of income. The final check was $5,000. Total delivered: $8.9 million.

In April 2020 she sent $1 million to Vanderbilt for coronavirus research. When Moderna's vaccine results ran in the New England Journal of Medicine that November, her fund appeared in the footnotes.

Carl Dean, her husband of nearly sixty years, died in March 2025. The note she wrote to fans afterward ended with the same five words she wrote for Porter Wagoner back in 1974. She died in Nashville today. Her family asked that instead of flowers, people give to the Imagination Library, which still mails 3.4 million books a month to children who will never get to meet her.

[Dolly Parton @DollyParton]

Global icon and humanitarian, Dolly Parton, known to the world as a beloved singer, songwriter, philanthropist, actress, playwright, and author died peacefully today in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80 years old.

Dolly is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years Carl Thomas Dean (1942 – 2025), her mother Avie Lee Caroline Owens (1923 – 2003), and father, Robert Lee Parton, Sr. (1921 – 2000).

A rhinestone life that shone bright enough for the world to see, Dolly will forever stand as an inspiration not only through her timeless music and prolific songwriting, but also her wit, warmth, and kindness that made us all feel like family. Dolly Parton’s legacy is one of love, compassion, and resilience. With a seven-decade career, she inspired multiple generations of artists and fans with her music and an unwavering commitment to making the world a better place. Her songs will continue to resonate with people of all ages, and her philanthropic work will have a lasting impact.

At Dolly’s request, a small, private service will be held for immediate family. Dolly’s fans and friends from around the world are encouraged to pay tribute to Dolly on social media by tagging @DollyParton or by leaving a message at https://t.co/cLu9I7M2wC

In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at https://t.co/arzrqInqJA

[General Marc @general_marcT]

When I explain that Europeans must relearn to speak the language of power, and I am doing this since almost 10 years, I mostly get a “yes” but I realise that most people do not comprehend what it really means. A large part of the political elite is still living in a mental construct that denies reality and its consequences. They are still in the stages of denial, anger or bargaining. And the situation is worse in the “old” part of the continent.

[Geert Langenus @GeertLangenus]

Mogen sommige (sport)vrouwen wel gekleineerd en geobjectiveerd worden in @demorgen? 🥶 Sophie Cunningham is MAGA-Barbie? Aanhalingstekens vergeten?

Heel ongelukkige titel, slecht stuk.

[Geert Langenus @GeertLangenus]

👀💡@tijd
(Zie ook Zweden: pensioensysteem hervormen kan ook leiden tot diepere kapitaalmarkten.)

[Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel]

Some good news: The proportion of humans living in poverty has plummeted in recent years. The biggest gains have been made in lifting people out of extreme poverty.

Bad news goes viral on social media, but there are many positive trends around the world.

[Alice Evans @_alice_evans]

If that dark red line was "Women: Low Education", this would be a massive viral story:

a flurry of accounts and mainstream media would be covering the "backslide in women's rights", "patriarchal resurgence", "going backwards".

But less educated men are overwhelmingly shrugged off.

And if there's one thing history has taught us, it's probably that disgruntled, excluded and alienated young men rarely stay quiet.

[Financial Times @FT]

Opinion: Young non-graduate men face unique setbacks. Here's why: https://t.co/Lb7FUF834u

[Daniel Cox @dcoxpolls]

Look at the difference between lower education women and men.

I dedicated an entire chapter in my book to the role that economics plays in coupling. When noncollege men struggle financially, they struggle socially and romantically too.

For men, being a viable romantic partner is closely tied to their economic fortunes. It's far less true for women. The #1 dealbreaker for single women is not being MAGA, but being unemployed.

#TheThresholdQuestion

[Peter De Keyzer @PeterDeKeyzer]

🇪🇺Europeanen sparen meer dan Amerikanen.
🇺🇸Maar Amerikanen halen een veel groter rendement op wat ze sparen.

Vb België: gigantische spaarboekjes, weinig aandelenbezit, grote risico-aversie en beperkt ondernemerschap.

Te weinig risico nemen kost welvaart.

@dealroomco

[Peter De Keyzer @PeterDeKeyzer]

@mattcasters @Laveyne_J Daarmee ben ik akkoord. Subsidies vertekenen de hele zaak. Ondernemers moeten risico nemen en daaruit komt op termijn ook innovatie en vooruitgang. Maar ze moeten het met hun eigen middelen doen.

[Peter De Keyzer @PeterDeKeyzer]

@tlammens @Laveyne_J Voor elk van die voorbeelden van “halsstarrig vasthouden en falen” kan je even veel voorbeelden vinden van “halsstarrig vasthouden en slagen”.

Echte innovatie komt van mensen die blijven halsstarrig vasthouden en doorgaan. Soms mislukt het en soms lukt het.