Mikkel Stein Knudsen
@mikkelsknudsen.bsky.social
Researcher | Futures | Foresight.
Danmark | Turku | Finland.
Danmark | Turku | Finland.
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Not at all surprising that @gideonrachman.bsky.social nails it in his reading of the NSS here.
"The Trump administration view of 'western civilisation' is based on race, Christianity and nationalism. The European version is a liberal view founded on democracy, human rights and the rule of law ..."
"The Trump administration view of 'western civilisation' is based on race, Christianity and nationalism. The European version is a liberal view founded on democracy, human rights and the rule of law ..."
December 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Not at all surprising that @gideonrachman.bsky.social nails it in his reading of the NSS here.
"The Trump administration view of 'western civilisation' is based on race, Christianity and nationalism. The European version is a liberal view founded on democracy, human rights and the rule of law ..."
"The Trump administration view of 'western civilisation' is based on race, Christianity and nationalism. The European version is a liberal view founded on democracy, human rights and the rule of law ..."
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Replacing batteries can be disheartening, but you need to look at the positives as well as the negatives.
December 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Replacing batteries can be disheartening, but you need to look at the positives as well as the negatives.
Har #sldk klubberne overvejet at uddele deres egne priser, sådan som de nu respektivt fortolker dem i overensstemmelse med FIFAs værdisæt, ifm weekendens kampe?
Fx kunne #ksdh jo passende lige markere Nicolai Poulsen med en buket blomster samt en Fredspris i midtercirklen inden kampstart i Randers.
Fx kunne #ksdh jo passende lige markere Nicolai Poulsen med en buket blomster samt en Fredspris i midtercirklen inden kampstart i Randers.
December 6, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company
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But less than a decade ago, a computer model being able to complete real world human tasks and generate *any* revenue would've been science fiction.
If you want to understand what's happening, look at the rates of change. Don't mistake stocks and flows.
If you want to understand what's happening, look at the rates of change. Don't mistake stocks and flows.
Heard the one about how dozens of researchers assigned $144,000 worth of real world human tasks to the world’s “smartest” AIs to manage and…
They fucked up so monumentally that they were able to generate $1700 between them
arxiv.org/pdf/2510.26787
They fucked up so monumentally that they were able to generate $1700 between them
arxiv.org/pdf/2510.26787
December 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
But less than a decade ago, a computer model being able to complete real world human tasks and generate *any* revenue would've been science fiction.
If you want to understand what's happening, look at the rates of change. Don't mistake stocks and flows.
If you want to understand what's happening, look at the rates of change. Don't mistake stocks and flows.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Series that wouldn’t have happened in the Nordics (plot would have no real life basis):
- Squid Game: no one gets into such debt for such reasons
- White Lotus (1st episode): no small talk with strangers so half of the interactions wouldn’t take place
- Squid Game: no one gets into such debt for such reasons
- White Lotus (1st episode): no small talk with strangers so half of the interactions wouldn’t take place
November 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Series that wouldn’t have happened in the Nordics (plot would have no real life basis):
- Squid Game: no one gets into such debt for such reasons
- White Lotus (1st episode): no small talk with strangers so half of the interactions wouldn’t take place
- Squid Game: no one gets into such debt for such reasons
- White Lotus (1st episode): no small talk with strangers so half of the interactions wouldn’t take place
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Meanwhile, water shortage in countries like Spain could affect food supplies in the many countries they produce food for.
5/6
5/6
November 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
When working with futures and foresight, I'm rather often asked what it exactly is that I do.
The answer is sometimes vague, but that's because tasks are indeed pretty varied.
My day today started with meeting a student, I'm supervising for his Master's thesis on Chinese EV manufacturing in 2035.
The answer is sometimes vague, but that's because tasks are indeed pretty varied.
My day today started with meeting a student, I'm supervising for his Master's thesis on Chinese EV manufacturing in 2035.
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
When working with futures and foresight, I'm rather often asked what it exactly is that I do.
The answer is sometimes vague, but that's because tasks are indeed pretty varied.
My day today started with meeting a student, I'm supervising for his Master's thesis on Chinese EV manufacturing in 2035.
The answer is sometimes vague, but that's because tasks are indeed pretty varied.
My day today started with meeting a student, I'm supervising for his Master's thesis on Chinese EV manufacturing in 2035.
Sådan forestillede "de visionære" sig søerne i København omdannet til brutalistisk stenørken-helvede ca.1960. Skrottede planer er ofte de bedste.
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Egon havde forklaret off-side-reglen mindst 100 gange for Henriette. Og så pludselig en dag faldt ti-øren. Egon smilede stolt.
"Hvordan er det så med det dér hands?"
Egon gik over på værkstedet og fandt Fernet Branca'en frem.
#nanostories
"Hvordan er det så med det dér hands?"
Egon gik over på værkstedet og fandt Fernet Branca'en frem.
#nanostories
November 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Egon havde forklaret off-side-reglen mindst 100 gange for Henriette. Og så pludselig en dag faldt ti-øren. Egon smilede stolt.
"Hvordan er det så med det dér hands?"
Egon gik over på værkstedet og fandt Fernet Branca'en frem.
#nanostories
"Hvordan er det så med det dér hands?"
Egon gik over på værkstedet og fandt Fernet Branca'en frem.
#nanostories
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This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
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Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
All time top 10 bassline. RIP Mani.
One of the best baselines ever. So simple but huge. RIP Mani.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D2q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D2q...
The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored (Official Video)
YouTube video by StoneRosesVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
All time top 10 bassline. RIP Mani.
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One of the best baselines ever. So simple but huge. RIP Mani.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D2q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D2q...
The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored (Official Video)
YouTube video by StoneRosesVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
One of the best baselines ever. So simple but huge. RIP Mani.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D2q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D2q...
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In the good old days (read: a few months ago) a deal with OpenAI was guaranteed to lift your share price, but AI deal hype isn’t what it once was.
Read the full @alphaville.ft.com story, with even more charts if you can believe it, on #FTEdit 👉 on.ft.com/4ieGn4a
Read the full @alphaville.ft.com story, with even more charts if you can believe it, on #FTEdit 👉 on.ft.com/4ieGn4a
Oracle is already underwater on its ‘astonishing’ $300bn OpenAI deal
AI’s circular economy may have a reverse Midas at the centre
on.ft.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
In the good old days (read: a few months ago) a deal with OpenAI was guaranteed to lift your share price, but AI deal hype isn’t what it once was.
Read the full @alphaville.ft.com story, with even more charts if you can believe it, on #FTEdit 👉 on.ft.com/4ieGn4a
Read the full @alphaville.ft.com story, with even more charts if you can believe it, on #FTEdit 👉 on.ft.com/4ieGn4a
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I'm reading the World Bank's 2024 International Debt Report, and what a blunt way to kick-off such a document! Not long ago, so many people in development policy circles were indeed repeating the "from billions to trillions" phrase as a silver bullet for development financing and global development.
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I'm reading the World Bank's 2024 International Debt Report, and what a blunt way to kick-off such a document! Not long ago, so many people in development policy circles were indeed repeating the "from billions to trillions" phrase as a silver bullet for development financing and global development.
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He’s on a mission from God.
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM
He’s on a mission from God.
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every company in 2025
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
every company in 2025
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Tuomas Kuhmonen tutki väitöskirjassaan yhteiskunnan monimutkaisten ruoka-, energia-, liikkumis- ja yhdyskuntajärjestelmien vaihtoehtoisten tulevaisuuksien ennakointia.
Näiden järjestelmien mahdollisten tulevaisuuksien ennakointi on hänen mukaansa kriittisen tärkeää.
www.utu.fi/fi/ajankohta...
Näiden järjestelmien mahdollisten tulevaisuuksien ennakointi on hänen mukaansa kriittisen tärkeää.
www.utu.fi/fi/ajankohta...
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Tuomas Kuhmonen tutki väitöskirjassaan yhteiskunnan monimutkaisten ruoka-, energia-, liikkumis- ja yhdyskuntajärjestelmien vaihtoehtoisten tulevaisuuksien ennakointia.
Näiden järjestelmien mahdollisten tulevaisuuksien ennakointi on hänen mukaansa kriittisen tärkeää.
www.utu.fi/fi/ajankohta...
Näiden järjestelmien mahdollisten tulevaisuuksien ennakointi on hänen mukaansa kriittisen tärkeää.
www.utu.fi/fi/ajankohta...
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It's a remarkable trajectory, since Paris in 2015, but especially since Copenhagen in 2009.
The US and increasingly Europe have washed their hands of a catastrophe of their own making.
And the Rest is solving it for themselves with investment and tech from China.
The US and increasingly Europe have washed their hands of a catastrophe of their own making.
And the Rest is solving it for themselves with investment and tech from China.
November 11, 2025 at 10:35 AM
It's a remarkable trajectory, since Paris in 2015, but especially since Copenhagen in 2009.
The US and increasingly Europe have washed their hands of a catastrophe of their own making.
And the Rest is solving it for themselves with investment and tech from China.
The US and increasingly Europe have washed their hands of a catastrophe of their own making.
And the Rest is solving it for themselves with investment and tech from China.
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One of the reasons why Finland is the happiest country in the world is that the public broadcaster Yle sends a live feed of the first 8 weeks of a pack of puppies every fall. It’s already the fifth edition of ”Finland’s most therapeutic live feed”.
This is what I call value for my tax money
This is what I call value for my tax money
Pentulive 24/7 | Pentulive
Pentuliven pikkuiset kehittyvät vauhdikkaasti ja jokainen pentu on saanut nimensä! Kahdeksan viikkoa kestävässä suorassa lähetyksessä seurataan englanninspringerspanieli Murua ja tämän pentuetta.
areena.yle.fi
November 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
One of the reasons why Finland is the happiest country in the world is that the public broadcaster Yle sends a live feed of the first 8 weeks of a pack of puppies every fall. It’s already the fifth edition of ”Finland’s most therapeutic live feed”.
This is what I call value for my tax money
This is what I call value for my tax money