A very stable genius.
Society
Social and instrumental normativity
Those who cannot explain themselves or cannot be moved by the reasons offered by others, those who are “deaf to” the persuasion of advisors, are rightly judged to be of diminished responsibility and are treated differently by law.
All bets are off
Outgoing US president voices hopes during Berlin visit that Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will defend democratic values and rule of law.
Nation-level self-harm
On open debate versus the right not to be offended.
We are failing the mentally ill
Why is the healthcare system failing the mentally ill?
Go figure!
A Brexit paradox.
An immigrant’s advice
I started writing on this post in the aftermath of the riots in Husby near Stockholm in 2013. I thought I’d share some hypotheses about why I never rioted and instead became a rather typical middle class, reasonably well-educated and somewhat boring citizen, with a clean criminal record (bar a Continue Reading
Cramming vs creativity
In an earlier post I reported on the downward trend in the Swedish PISA results [1] (PISA is a survey measuring student knowledge and skills) and contrasted these with the overall competitiveness and innovativeness of Sweden. In a recent issue of The Economist [2] the prime minister of Singapore, Lee Continue Reading
In tune with the theories or in tune with the times?
It is not enough to be in tune with the theories; you also need to be in tune with the times to create great products. Too much theory may even dull your creativity and not leave much time to feel the vibes of the world (i.e., the market).
I’ve seen the future
The future of music distribution is here.