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How Not To (and Just Possibly How To) Build Peace in the Middle East
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.
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The Battle of the Elms and the End of Swedish Technocracy
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.
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Back To Business
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.
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How To Pick A Party
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.
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First Principle Politics
No amount of innovation will save the world from climate change, unless politicians across the ideological spectrum also do their part.
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Something Big is About to Happen, and Apple Won’t Like It : the Digital Markets Act and the End of the Walled Garden Strategy
Apple’s renowned “user friendliness” comes at a price, or at least that’s what Apple likes us to believe.
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Stockholm We Have a Problem : Public Sector IT Failures and the Case for Open Source
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.
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The Price of Change : Paying Citizens to Make Better Choices
What would happen if instead of encouraging people with subtle queues, you’d simply pay them cash?