Slow thoughts

They say there’s a special type of peacefulness preceding storms. That felt true of the atmosphere in Israel and Palestine during the spring and summer of 2000.

It’s not that terrorists are desperate for tech-talent, it’s that engineering education breeds the type of mindset that’s conducive to extremism.

The word ‘politics’ has no real meaning in a technocracy. All that counts is skilful execution of ideas, which in and of themselves were fundamentally self-evident.

In startup parlance, one could say that America is failing to capture enough of the value it creates.

At its core, the Swedish political project has always been an optimistic one. Regardless of what party that ruled the country, our leaders seem to have shared a deeply held belief that we can handle whatever challenges we’re facing and that in the long run we’re making good progress.

When I go to cast my vote a few days from now, I feel confident that I’m backing the right horse. That’s thanks to something I learned during many years of recruiting tech talent.

No amount of innovation will save the world from climate change, unless politicians across the ideological spectrum also do their part.

Apple’s renowned “user friendliness” comes at a price, or at least that’s what Apple likes us to believe.

Sweden has become a unicorn factory and programming is one of the most common occupations, but successful IT-projects are rare outside of the private sector.

What would happen if instead of encouraging people with subtle queues, you’d simply pay them cash?