Mikkel Stein Knudsen
@mikkelsknudsen.bsky.social
Researcher | Futures | Foresight.
Danmark | Turku | Finland.
Danmark | Turku | Finland.
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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
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Incredible; I can't believe this really happened. The books are going to be Theranos-level bonkers.
"Several former Neom employees likened the working culture to the atmosphere in Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale The Emperor’s New Clothes."
"Several former Neom employees likened the working culture to the atmosphere in Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale The Emperor’s New Clothes."
November 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Incredible; I can't believe this really happened. The books are going to be Theranos-level bonkers.
"Several former Neom employees likened the working culture to the atmosphere in Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale The Emperor’s New Clothes."
"Several former Neom employees likened the working culture to the atmosphere in Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale The Emperor’s New Clothes."
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The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.
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I'm not saying November is a grey month here in Finland. But it is a pretty grey month here in Finland.
Weather forecast in Finland: “We may see the sun this week.” Maybe on Thursday.
November 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I'm not saying November is a grey month here in Finland. But it is a pretty grey month here in Finland.
📢 New publication: "Cruel utopia of the seas?" 📢
As part of the #GYROSCOPE project on green and digital transition of maritime logistics, we have a new article on hydrogen hype out in Energy Research & Social Change: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
As part of the #GYROSCOPE project on green and digital transition of maritime logistics, we have a new article on hydrogen hype out in Energy Research & Social Change: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Cruel utopia of the seas? Multiple risks challenge the singular hydrogen hype in Finnish maritime logistics
To address the global climate crisis, maritime logistics are undergoing a transition away from fossil-based energy sources. The transition is envisage…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:20 AM
📢 New publication: "Cruel utopia of the seas?" 📢
As part of the #GYROSCOPE project on green and digital transition of maritime logistics, we have a new article on hydrogen hype out in Energy Research & Social Change: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
As part of the #GYROSCOPE project on green and digital transition of maritime logistics, we have a new article on hydrogen hype out in Energy Research & Social Change: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Unprecedented events are discontinuity made manifest.
Discontinuity is now the context for every decision we make, whether we can admit it to ourselves or not.
Discontinuity is now the context for every decision we make, whether we can admit it to ourselves or not.
October 27, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Unprecedented events are discontinuity made manifest.
Discontinuity is now the context for every decision we make, whether we can admit it to ourselves or not.
Discontinuity is now the context for every decision we make, whether we can admit it to ourselves or not.
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Can you guess what happened when Denmark doubled the amount of parental leave parents could take?
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Intimate partner violence declined as a direct result.
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Intimate partner violence declined as a direct result.
October 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Can you guess what happened when Denmark doubled the amount of parental leave parents could take?
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Intimate partner violence declined as a direct result.
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Intimate partner violence declined as a direct result.
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"Economic change in all periods depends, more than
most economists think, on what people believe." (Mokyr, p. 1)
most economists think, on what people believe." (Mokyr, p. 1)
October 13, 2025 at 10:53 AM
"Economic change in all periods depends, more than
most economists think, on what people believe." (Mokyr, p. 1)
most economists think, on what people believe." (Mokyr, p. 1)
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Finnish #intelligence #history keeps having wild plot twists.
A retired Finnish spy-catcher with probably a world record in catching Soviet “illegals” (“at least” 25) got the largest lottery jackpot in Europe - and used the millions to do and help counterintelligence.
www.hs.fi/tutkiva/art-...
A retired Finnish spy-catcher with probably a world record in catching Soviet “illegals” (“at least” 25) got the largest lottery jackpot in Europe - and used the millions to do and help counterintelligence.
www.hs.fi/tutkiva/art-...
October 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Finnish #intelligence #history keeps having wild plot twists.
A retired Finnish spy-catcher with probably a world record in catching Soviet “illegals” (“at least” 25) got the largest lottery jackpot in Europe - and used the millions to do and help counterintelligence.
www.hs.fi/tutkiva/art-...
A retired Finnish spy-catcher with probably a world record in catching Soviet “illegals” (“at least” 25) got the largest lottery jackpot in Europe - and used the millions to do and help counterintelligence.
www.hs.fi/tutkiva/art-...
Jeg er stadigvæk en lille smule indigneret over hvor hårdt den finske regering girfælger drømmen om at sælge militære isbrydere til USA. Kan nogen mon forestille sig, hvor de skulle anvendes?
Så meget for #nordisksolidaritet.
Så meget for #nordisksolidaritet.
There is a good deal of speculation in Finland that the White House meeting could see a major business deal unfold.
Thursday's papers: Why is Orpo going to DC? a teacher's porn scandal, and late check-outs for geese
There is a good deal of speculation in Finland that the White House meeting could see a major business deal unfold.
yle.fi
October 9, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Jeg er stadigvæk en lille smule indigneret over hvor hårdt den finske regering girfælger drømmen om at sælge militære isbrydere til USA. Kan nogen mon forestille sig, hvor de skulle anvendes?
Så meget for #nordisksolidaritet.
Så meget for #nordisksolidaritet.
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Germany: "...they should be asking critical questions about long-term resilience, rather than sensationalizing scenario planning & crisis exercises." #futuresliteracy #societalresilience
Very cool piece on the importance of strategic foresight and forward-looking strategy by @bressansar.bsky.social for @gppi.bsky.social :
gppi.net/2025/10/08/g...
gppi.net/2025/10/08/g...
Germany’s National Security Council Must Be Futures-Literate
Germany has finally established a national security council. To truly make German security policy strategic, the council must seriously consider foresight, and imagine possible future developments and...
gppi.net
October 9, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Germany: "...they should be asking critical questions about long-term resilience, rather than sensationalizing scenario planning & crisis exercises." #futuresliteracy #societalresilience
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Very cool piece on the importance of strategic foresight and forward-looking strategy by @bressansar.bsky.social for @gppi.bsky.social :
gppi.net/2025/10/08/g...
gppi.net/2025/10/08/g...
Germany’s National Security Council Must Be Futures-Literate
Germany has finally established a national security council. To truly make German security policy strategic, the council must seriously consider foresight, and imagine possible future developments and...
gppi.net
October 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Very cool piece on the importance of strategic foresight and forward-looking strategy by @bressansar.bsky.social for @gppi.bsky.social :
gppi.net/2025/10/08/g...
gppi.net/2025/10/08/g...
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Energy experts want to build thousand wind turbines on the Finnish eastern border as part of the #DroneWall
They would provide a platform for airspace monitoring from the height of 200 meters.
#Defence
yle.fi/a/74-2018462...
They would provide a platform for airspace monitoring from the height of 200 meters.
#Defence
yle.fi/a/74-2018462...
Itäsuomalaiset vaikuttajat haluavat itärajalle tuhat tuulivoimalaa – toimisivat EU:n droonimuurin osana
Lappeenrannassa selvitetään, voidaanko Venäjän ilmatilaa valvoa tuulivoimaloista. Aiemmin Puolustusvoimat on rajoittanut tuulivoimaloiden rakentamista itärajalle, koska ne häiritsevät Puolustusvoimie...
yle.fi
October 2, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Energy experts want to build thousand wind turbines on the Finnish eastern border as part of the #DroneWall
They would provide a platform for airspace monitoring from the height of 200 meters.
#Defence
yle.fi/a/74-2018462...
They would provide a platform for airspace monitoring from the height of 200 meters.
#Defence
yle.fi/a/74-2018462...