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  • June 8, 2023

    The Science of Science

    There’s an emerging scientific discipline dedicated to the study of science itself.


  • June 3, 2023

    Making Belief : A Brief History of World Expos

    World expos might have played out their roles today, but historically they’ve had three important functions to fill.


  • June 1, 2023

    What We Need Libraries For

    I like to think of future libraries as places where we go to be inspired and surprised.


  • May 25, 2023

    Sundar Pichai in da House : Google’s CEO on AI, the Digital Divide and the Future of Robotics

    His soft spoken reflectiveness feels about as far away from your typical tech-bro as is possible to imagine.


  • May 24, 2023

    Atomic Swing : A Brief History of the Shifting Swedish Nuclear Policy

    Public discourse is swinging back into favouring nuclear power, but this time there’s a visionary mismatch between politicians and scientists.


  • May 17, 2023

    Aspects of Fashion That Never Crossed My Mind

    Representational aesthetics is all about what stories we’re trying to tell about ourselves.


  • May 14, 2023

    Ignite, Launch, Dock : a Hitchhikers Guide to the Space Industry

    Space as a vertical is as a bit of a dark horse. In racing parlance, that’s a term for a horse that is unknown to gamblers and thus difficult to establish betting odds for.


  • May 4, 2023

    Things I Didn’t Know About the Space Industry

    Call it NewSpace or call it what you want. However we label it, it’s exciting!


  • April 29, 2023

    Evidence Piling Up : Ketogenic Diet Effective Against Brain Tumors

    Anecdotal evidence keep piling up to suggest that Ketogenic diet might be effective at battling brain tumors.


  • April 23, 2023

    Two Types of Failure, part II : Process Over Product

    If all you care about is to perfect your process, a great product will eventually follow.


  • April 19, 2023

    Things I Didn’t Know About IP Protection

    Just because it’s patentable doesn’t mean it works.


  • April 16, 2023

    Things I Didn’t Know About KTH

    Student revolts and stylistic standoffs with the bourgeoisie; who would have thought that the old lady had such a colourful past!


  • March 30, 2023

    A Brief History of AI

    Artificial intelligence was always a natural part of the landscape, but it failed to really capture my attention. That recently changed.


  • March 14, 2023

    Technolectual : Rise of the Tinker-Thinker

    There seems to be a word missing in the English language.


  • February 20, 2023

    Not Deployed Here

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

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