Waldemar Ingdahl
@waldemaringdahl.bsky.social
Research & policy communication.
Working at the intersection of research, public policy and governance. Focus on judgement, trade-offs and institutional context rather than advocacy or commentary.
Occasional links and reflections.
Working at the intersection of research, public policy and governance. Focus on judgement, trade-offs and institutional context rather than advocacy or commentary.
Occasional links and reflections.
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This account is used for occasional links and reflections related to research, public policy and governance.
I focus on judgement, trade-offs and institutional context rather than real-time commentary or debate.
Posting is intentionally infrequent.
I focus on judgement, trade-offs and institutional context rather than real-time commentary or debate.
Posting is intentionally infrequent.
The problem with news isn’t that they’re data points. The problem is that they often lack time horizons, comparisons, and institutional context.
January 26, 2026 at 8:11 PM
The problem with news isn’t that they’re data points. The problem is that they often lack time horizons, comparisons, and institutional context.
People don't exaggerate on LinkedIn because they want to.
They do it because the platform rewards narrative over signal.
They do it because the platform rewards narrative over signal.
a blue linkedin logo with a white circle in the middle
Alt: Animated GIF of the LinkedIn logo, a blue linkedin logo with a white circle in the middle. Referencing how platform incentives favor narrative, personal branding, and exaggerated storytelling over substantive signal and professional expertise.
media.tenor.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:13 AM
People don't exaggerate on LinkedIn because they want to.
They do it because the platform rewards narrative over signal.
They do it because the platform rewards narrative over signal.
Many global indicators have improved.
But when underlying trajectories diverge while the average moves in the opposite direction, we’re no longer measuring robustness. We’re averaging risk.
Simpson’s paradox explains why that matters.
But when underlying trajectories diverge while the average moves in the opposite direction, we’re no longer measuring robustness. We’re averaging risk.
Simpson’s paradox explains why that matters.
January 22, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Many global indicators have improved.
But when underlying trajectories diverge while the average moves in the opposite direction, we’re no longer measuring robustness. We’re averaging risk.
Simpson’s paradox explains why that matters.
But when underlying trajectories diverge while the average moves in the opposite direction, we’re no longer measuring robustness. We’re averaging risk.
Simpson’s paradox explains why that matters.
Mycket av samtalet om framtid och moral rör sig snabbare än de institutioner som måste bära konsekvenserna.
Friktionen uppstår ofta där. Inte mellan teknik och värderingar, utan mellan tempo och omdöme.
futurion.se/intervju-i-n...
Friktionen uppstår ofta där. Inte mellan teknik och värderingar, utan mellan tempo och omdöme.
futurion.se/intervju-i-n...
Intervju i nyhetsbrev om opinionstrender och framtidens moral - Tankesmedjan Futurion
Ann-Therése Enarsson, vd för Futurion, reflekterar över hur värderingsskiften påverkar fack, arbetsgivare och förtroendet mellan dem.
futurion.se
January 22, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Mycket av samtalet om framtid och moral rör sig snabbare än de institutioner som måste bära konsekvenserna.
Friktionen uppstår ofta där. Inte mellan teknik och värderingar, utan mellan tempo och omdöme.
futurion.se/intervju-i-n...
Friktionen uppstår ofta där. Inte mellan teknik och värderingar, utan mellan tempo och omdöme.
futurion.se/intervju-i-n...
European social media projects rarely fail on technology. They fail on legitimacy design.
In a saturated landscape, participation feels costly rather than valuable. Verification can build trust, but also reshapes pluralism. W isn’t a competitor to X. It’s a stress test of institutional legitimacy.
In a saturated landscape, participation feels costly rather than valuable. Verification can build trust, but also reshapes pluralism. W isn’t a competitor to X. It’s a stress test of institutional legitimacy.
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Alt: Black background with icons of major social media platforms fading into darkness, illustrating saturation, declining engagement, and the cost of participation in today’s social media landscape.
media.tenor.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:51 PM
European social media projects rarely fail on technology. They fail on legitimacy design.
In a saturated landscape, participation feels costly rather than valuable. Verification can build trust, but also reshapes pluralism. W isn’t a competitor to X. It’s a stress test of institutional legitimacy.
In a saturated landscape, participation feels costly rather than valuable. Verification can build trust, but also reshapes pluralism. W isn’t a competitor to X. It’s a stress test of institutional legitimacy.
A gap is opening between expectations and trajectories. Surveys reflect past momentum, not future capacity. What looks like lost faith in progress often signals exhausted narratives and institutions.
farsight.cifs.dk/faith-in-pro...
farsight.cifs.dk/faith-in-pro...
Faith in Progress Has Lost its Footing - Farsight
The idea of progress as an inevitable historical force was born in the Western world – now it may be drawing its last breath there, too.
farsight.cifs.dk
January 18, 2026 at 8:54 AM
A gap is opening between expectations and trajectories. Surveys reflect past momentum, not future capacity. What looks like lost faith in progress often signals exhausted narratives and institutions.
farsight.cifs.dk/faith-in-pro...
farsight.cifs.dk/faith-in-pro...
Scott Adams, skaparen av Dilbert, har avlidit. Serien fångade en kontorskultur där makten var dum men synlig. I dagens arbetsliv är styrningen mer kulturell och internaliserad. Mindre hierarki, fler förväntningar, mer självdisciplin. Det är därför Dilbert känns daterad?
January 13, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Scott Adams, skaparen av Dilbert, har avlidit. Serien fångade en kontorskultur där makten var dum men synlig. I dagens arbetsliv är styrningen mer kulturell och internaliserad. Mindre hierarki, fler förväntningar, mer självdisciplin. Det är därför Dilbert känns daterad?
Från SAF till Svenskt Näringsliv skedde inte bara ett namnbyte.
Det var ett skifte i hur näringslivets makt legitimeras.
Vad händer när ansvar ersätts av positionering.
Och vad betyder det för demokratisk styrning i praktiken.
waldemaringdahl.medium.com/fr%C3%A5n-sa...
Det var ett skifte i hur näringslivets makt legitimeras.
Vad händer när ansvar ersätts av positionering.
Och vad betyder det för demokratisk styrning i praktiken.
waldemaringdahl.medium.com/fr%C3%A5n-sa...
Från SAF till Svenskt Näringsliv
Paradoxen SAF av Mauricio Rojas
waldemaringdahl.medium.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Från SAF till Svenskt Näringsliv skedde inte bara ett namnbyte.
Det var ett skifte i hur näringslivets makt legitimeras.
Vad händer när ansvar ersätts av positionering.
Och vad betyder det för demokratisk styrning i praktiken.
waldemaringdahl.medium.com/fr%C3%A5n-sa...
Det var ett skifte i hur näringslivets makt legitimeras.
Vad händer när ansvar ersätts av positionering.
Och vad betyder det för demokratisk styrning i praktiken.
waldemaringdahl.medium.com/fr%C3%A5n-sa...
Longevity is often framed as a health or lifestyle issue. This misses the point. What’s emerging is a structural governance challenge. How cities are designed. How technologies include. Living longer is not the problem. Exposome, not motivation, turns out to be the key variable.
January 7, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Longevity is often framed as a health or lifestyle issue. This misses the point. What’s emerging is a structural governance challenge. How cities are designed. How technologies include. Living longer is not the problem. Exposome, not motivation, turns out to be the key variable.
New essay on how algorithmic systems are reshaping democratic governance, accountability and public control.
waldemaringdahl.medium.com/algorithmic-...
waldemaringdahl.medium.com/algorithmic-...
Algorithmic Power and the Future of Democratic Governance
How algorithmic governance reshapes accountability, legitimacy and public control
waldemaringdahl.medium.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:04 AM
New essay on how algorithmic systems are reshaping democratic governance, accountability and public control.
waldemaringdahl.medium.com/algorithmic-...
waldemaringdahl.medium.com/algorithmic-...
This account is used for occasional links and reflections related to research, public policy and governance.
I focus on judgement, trade-offs and institutional context rather than real-time commentary or debate.
Posting is intentionally infrequent.
I focus on judgement, trade-offs and institutional context rather than real-time commentary or debate.
Posting is intentionally infrequent.
January 3, 2026 at 10:58 AM
This account is used for occasional links and reflections related to research, public policy and governance.
I focus on judgement, trade-offs and institutional context rather than real-time commentary or debate.
Posting is intentionally infrequent.
I focus on judgement, trade-offs and institutional context rather than real-time commentary or debate.
Posting is intentionally infrequent.
Intressant hos Sveriges Radio om 90-talsnostalgi. 90-talet fungerar mindre som minne och mer som projiceringsyta. Ett arkiv av stilar och känslor som laddas om i algoritmernas nutid. Frågan är inte hur det var, utan varför samtiden behöver det?
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/var-...
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/var-...
Var 90-talet verkligen som vi minns det? - Godmorgon världen
Vi lever i nostalgins tid. Medan kultursidorna och 70-talistförfattarna gör upp om 90-talets arv, hänger sig decenniet kvar i algoritmernas trendcykler.Kanske ...
www.sverigesradio.se
December 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Intressant hos Sveriges Radio om 90-talsnostalgi. 90-talet fungerar mindre som minne och mer som projiceringsyta. Ett arkiv av stilar och känslor som laddas om i algoritmernas nutid. Frågan är inte hur det var, utan varför samtiden behöver det?
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/var-...
www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/var-...
Lyssnar på 1900-talets profetior om 2025: flygande bilar, ekologisk kollaps, mindre befolkning – många slog fel. Men kan prognoser ändå hjälpa oss förstå vår tid och varför vi hela tiden vill ana framtiden? Med @karimjebari.bsky.social www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/fram...
Framtidsprognoserna för 2025 som slog fel - P1 Morgon
Inför julen summerar vi 1900-talets profetior om året som snart är slut: flygande bilar, ekologisk kollaps och minskad befolkning. Flera framtidsspaningar ...
www.sverigesradio.se
December 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Lyssnar på 1900-talets profetior om 2025: flygande bilar, ekologisk kollaps, mindre befolkning – många slog fel. Men kan prognoser ändå hjälpa oss förstå vår tid och varför vi hela tiden vill ana framtiden? Med @karimjebari.bsky.social www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/fram...
Reposted by Waldemar Ingdahl
The winner, Voices From 2099 is really good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFd2...
Voices From 2099
YouTube video by JellyfishDAO
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December 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The winner, Voices From 2099 is really good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFd2...
What could be more futuristic than debating humanity as a multiplanetary species? Tech visionaries talk of a million people on Mars within 20 years. In response, Dr Natuschka Lee gave a fascinating speech at @futures-studies.bsky.social
youtu.be/fqQNiwCKHc4?...
youtu.be/fqQNiwCKHc4?...
What Would it Take to Settle Mars? — A Realistic View on Mars Exploration and Settlement
YouTube video by The Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 9:13 AM
What could be more futuristic than debating humanity as a multiplanetary species? Tech visionaries talk of a million people on Mars within 20 years. In response, Dr Natuschka Lee gave a fascinating speech at @futures-studies.bsky.social
youtu.be/fqQNiwCKHc4?...
youtu.be/fqQNiwCKHc4?...
Hur får forskning faktiskt genomslag hos politiker, tjänstepersoner och journalister?
I en ny intervju berättar jag om projektet där @futures-studies.bsky.social testat policy briefs, nyhetsbrev och webbinarier som gör forskning användbar i praktiken.
Läs här 👉 www.iffs.se/nyheter/nya-...
I en ny intervju berättar jag om projektet där @futures-studies.bsky.social testat policy briefs, nyhetsbrev och webbinarier som gör forskning användbar i praktiken.
Läs här 👉 www.iffs.se/nyheter/nya-...
Nya format ska föra forskning närmare beslutsfattare
Hur kan forskning bli mer användbar för politiker, tjänstepersoner och journalister? Den frågan har Waldemar Ingdahl, kommunikatör vid Institutet för framtidsstudier, arbetat med i projektet ”Nya sätt...
www.iffs.se
December 13, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Hur får forskning faktiskt genomslag hos politiker, tjänstepersoner och journalister?
I en ny intervju berättar jag om projektet där @futures-studies.bsky.social testat policy briefs, nyhetsbrev och webbinarier som gör forskning användbar i praktiken.
Läs här 👉 www.iffs.se/nyheter/nya-...
I en ny intervju berättar jag om projektet där @futures-studies.bsky.social testat policy briefs, nyhetsbrev och webbinarier som gör forskning användbar i praktiken.
Läs här 👉 www.iffs.se/nyheter/nya-...
How can research cut through today’s noise?
I wrapped up the @futures-studies.bsky.social project "New Ways to Communicate Research Results" with a full-room talk on formats that strengthen researchers’ voices.
What communication and public engagement tools work best for you? #SciComm 🧪
I wrapped up the @futures-studies.bsky.social project "New Ways to Communicate Research Results" with a full-room talk on formats that strengthen researchers’ voices.
What communication and public engagement tools work best for you? #SciComm 🧪
December 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
How can research cut through today’s noise?
I wrapped up the @futures-studies.bsky.social project "New Ways to Communicate Research Results" with a full-room talk on formats that strengthen researchers’ voices.
What communication and public engagement tools work best for you? #SciComm 🧪
I wrapped up the @futures-studies.bsky.social project "New Ways to Communicate Research Results" with a full-room talk on formats that strengthen researchers’ voices.
What communication and public engagement tools work best for you? #SciComm 🧪
Honored to join the 2025 @rightlivelihood.org Award Ceremony. Listening to global leaders in climate justice, digital democracy and human rights made the challenges ahead feel clearer. The future belongs to those who refuse silence and build together.
December 3, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Honored to join the 2025 @rightlivelihood.org Award Ceremony. Listening to global leaders in climate justice, digital democracy and human rights made the challenges ahead feel clearer. The future belongs to those who refuse silence and build together.
Vi har testat nya sätt att nå ut med forskning. Nu börjar projektet på @futures-studies.bsky.social sky.social runda av. Resultaten pekar på att några gamla sanningar håller. Andra gör det inte.
Vad funkar faktiskt för dig när forskning ska nå ut. 👀💬
www.iffs.se/forskning/fo...
Vad funkar faktiskt för dig när forskning ska nå ut. 👀💬
www.iffs.se/forskning/fo...
Nya sätt att sprida forskningsresultat
www.iffs.se
November 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Vi har testat nya sätt att nå ut med forskning. Nu börjar projektet på @futures-studies.bsky.social sky.social runda av. Resultaten pekar på att några gamla sanningar håller. Andra gör det inte.
Vad funkar faktiskt för dig när forskning ska nå ut. 👀💬
www.iffs.se/forskning/fo...
Vad funkar faktiskt för dig när forskning ska nå ut. 👀💬
www.iffs.se/forskning/fo...
Politicians tend to see the “soft” in “soft power,” he added. “You realize it’s not soft when you lose it.” @politico.eu
www.politico.eu/article/arms...
www.politico.eu/article/arms...
The West’s new arms race: Selling peace to buy war
Military spending is rising faster than at any time since the end of the Cold War, but the retreat from diplomacy and foreign aid will come at a price.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Politicians tend to see the “soft” in “soft power,” he added. “You realize it’s not soft when you lose it.” @politico.eu
www.politico.eu/article/arms...
www.politico.eu/article/arms...
GiscardPunk - late 70's and 1980's technosolutionist France (synthwave edit)
YouTube video by Templarius
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
What happens when Foucault, Latour, Guattari, Deleuze, and Gerburg Treusch-Dieter become puppets? A puppet show distilling the A-B-C of postmodernism: power, networks, desire, simulation through theatrical wit and surreal dialogue. Philosophical ventriloquism at its finest.
youtu.be/Ci1e0XT5f_U?...
youtu.be/Ci1e0XT5f_U?...
Gilles Deleuze on Instincts, Institutions, and Therapies
YouTube video by Theoretical Puppets
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
What happens when Foucault, Latour, Guattari, Deleuze, and Gerburg Treusch-Dieter become puppets? A puppet show distilling the A-B-C of postmodernism: power, networks, desire, simulation through theatrical wit and surreal dialogue. Philosophical ventriloquism at its finest.
youtu.be/Ci1e0XT5f_U?...
youtu.be/Ci1e0XT5f_U?...
I used to swear by Leuchtturm1917
Then I tried Fabriano
Now my notes glide instead of sit still.
It’s not just paper. It’s rhythm, texture, invitation.
Strange how one change can make writing feel new again.
What’s your current favorite notebook?
www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...
Then I tried Fabriano
Now my notes glide instead of sit still.
It’s not just paper. It’s rhythm, texture, invitation.
Strange how one change can make writing feel new again.
What’s your current favorite notebook?
www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...
The Best Notebooks and Notepads (Published 2018)
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I used to swear by Leuchtturm1917
Then I tried Fabriano
Now my notes glide instead of sit still.
It’s not just paper. It’s rhythm, texture, invitation.
Strange how one change can make writing feel new again.
What’s your current favorite notebook?
www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...
Then I tried Fabriano
Now my notes glide instead of sit still.
It’s not just paper. It’s rhythm, texture, invitation.
Strange how one change can make writing feel new again.
What’s your current favorite notebook?
www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...
Debate between transhumanist Zoltan Istvan and Aaron Bastani of Fully Automated Luxury Communism. Transhumanism meets Fully Automated Luxury Communism.
Shared premises, divergent ends.
Maybe the future isn’t as divided as it looks.
iai.tv/articles/we-...
Shared premises, divergent ends.
Maybe the future isn’t as divided as it looks.
iai.tv/articles/we-...
We need a new American Dream for the age of AI | Zoltan Istvan
Explore the debate between Aaron Bastani and Zoltan Istvan on capitalism and automation at HowTheLightGetsIn London 2025. What does the future hold for humanity?
iai.tv
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Debate between transhumanist Zoltan Istvan and Aaron Bastani of Fully Automated Luxury Communism. Transhumanism meets Fully Automated Luxury Communism.
Shared premises, divergent ends.
Maybe the future isn’t as divided as it looks.
iai.tv/articles/we-...
Shared premises, divergent ends.
Maybe the future isn’t as divided as it looks.
iai.tv/articles/we-...
Reposted by Waldemar Ingdahl
Fountain pens are booming, even as Chinese knockoffs flood the market, they attract new fans. For me, writing remains special with my trusted Pilot pen. In a digital world, that smooth, personal touch still matters. What’s your go-to pen? #FountainPens #Writing #PilotPen www.wsj.com/lifestyle/fo...
Fountain Pens Are More Popular Than Ever—and Purists Are Fuming
Chinese knockoffs are flooding the market, shaking up the community of enthusiasts still devoted to the old-timey instruments
www.wsj.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Fountain pens are booming, even as Chinese knockoffs flood the market, they attract new fans. For me, writing remains special with my trusted Pilot pen. In a digital world, that smooth, personal touch still matters. What’s your go-to pen? #FountainPens #Writing #PilotPen www.wsj.com/lifestyle/fo...