Mikkel Stein Knudsen
@mikkelsknudsen.bsky.social
Researcher | Futures | Foresight.
Danmark | Turku | Finland.
Danmark | Turku | Finland.
Conincidentally, I just read this passage in a book today. This didnt sit well with Nixon in 1971, it probably would sit well with the Trump administration today.
But it does feel like the correct position for a free society.
But it does feel like the correct position for a free society.
October 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Conincidentally, I just read this passage in a book today. This didnt sit well with Nixon in 1971, it probably would sit well with the Trump administration today.
But it does feel like the correct position for a free society.
But it does feel like the correct position for a free society.
X er jo (nu blevet, post-Musk) helt ubrugeligt uden at være logget ind. Herunder er fx de fire øverste indlæg fra Københavns Politi og uden konto kan der hverken sorteres (efter aktualitet) eller søges.
Det virker meget stærkt uhensigtsmæssigt ift at dele information til borgerne. Politik eller ej.
Det virker meget stærkt uhensigtsmæssigt ift at dele information til borgerne. Politik eller ej.
October 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
X er jo (nu blevet, post-Musk) helt ubrugeligt uden at være logget ind. Herunder er fx de fire øverste indlæg fra Københavns Politi og uden konto kan der hverken sorteres (efter aktualitet) eller søges.
Det virker meget stærkt uhensigtsmæssigt ift at dele information til borgerne. Politik eller ej.
Det virker meget stærkt uhensigtsmæssigt ift at dele information til borgerne. Politik eller ej.
Uden at være logget ind ser det fx sådan her ud. Fuldstændigt tilfældig rækkefølge (eller rettere: nok sorteret efter interaktioner), øverste indlæg fra 2020, uden mulighed for at sortere/finde nyeste indlæg.
Så var det gamle Twitter (og Bluesky i dag) langt mere egnet til aktuel information.
Så var det gamle Twitter (og Bluesky i dag) langt mere egnet til aktuel information.
October 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Uden at være logget ind ser det fx sådan her ud. Fuldstændigt tilfældig rækkefølge (eller rettere: nok sorteret efter interaktioner), øverste indlæg fra 2020, uden mulighed for at sortere/finde nyeste indlæg.
Så var det gamle Twitter (og Bluesky i dag) langt mere egnet til aktuel information.
Så var det gamle Twitter (og Bluesky i dag) langt mere egnet til aktuel information.
Successful bait, well done!
September 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Successful bait, well done!
Vienna: How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World by Richard Cockett (2023).
Another book picked up (fittingly) in a Viennese bookstore, this provides a fascinating snapshot into a city ~ 1900-1950, a group of people, and the extraordinary impression they left on the world. Deeply fascinating.
Another book picked up (fittingly) in a Viennese bookstore, this provides a fascinating snapshot into a city ~ 1900-1950, a group of people, and the extraordinary impression they left on the world. Deeply fascinating.
August 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Vienna: How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World by Richard Cockett (2023).
Another book picked up (fittingly) in a Viennese bookstore, this provides a fascinating snapshot into a city ~ 1900-1950, a group of people, and the extraordinary impression they left on the world. Deeply fascinating.
Another book picked up (fittingly) in a Viennese bookstore, this provides a fascinating snapshot into a city ~ 1900-1950, a group of people, and the extraordinary impression they left on the world. Deeply fascinating.
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (2024).
Picked it up at a whim from a bookstore in Vienna, fascinated with time and futures as I am.
A thoroughly pleasant surprise just how smart and witty it is. Heartily recommended!
Picked it up at a whim from a bookstore in Vienna, fascinated with time and futures as I am.
A thoroughly pleasant surprise just how smart and witty it is. Heartily recommended!
August 7, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (2024).
Picked it up at a whim from a bookstore in Vienna, fascinated with time and futures as I am.
A thoroughly pleasant surprise just how smart and witty it is. Heartily recommended!
Picked it up at a whim from a bookstore in Vienna, fascinated with time and futures as I am.
A thoroughly pleasant surprise just how smart and witty it is. Heartily recommended!
Myths of Geography by Paul Richardson (2024).
Picked it up from the library, and it's an easy read. Essentially, it's long-winded message is "it's more complicated than you think; maps are in fact man-made".
I already find that stuff fascinating (hence choosing it), so not quite "wow, surprising!"
Picked it up from the library, and it's an easy read. Essentially, it's long-winded message is "it's more complicated than you think; maps are in fact man-made".
I already find that stuff fascinating (hence choosing it), so not quite "wow, surprising!"
August 6, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Myths of Geography by Paul Richardson (2024).
Picked it up from the library, and it's an easy read. Essentially, it's long-winded message is "it's more complicated than you think; maps are in fact man-made".
I already find that stuff fascinating (hence choosing it), so not quite "wow, surprising!"
Picked it up from the library, and it's an easy read. Essentially, it's long-winded message is "it's more complicated than you think; maps are in fact man-made".
I already find that stuff fascinating (hence choosing it), so not quite "wow, surprising!"
Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls (2019).
Sweet, delightful, funny, sharp, especially in places (it could be 100 pages shorter).
I've read it before, but I thought that it, while not exactly 10/10 literature, would make for perfect summer beach reading. And so it did.
Sweet, delightful, funny, sharp, especially in places (it could be 100 pages shorter).
I've read it before, but I thought that it, while not exactly 10/10 literature, would make for perfect summer beach reading. And so it did.
August 6, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls (2019).
Sweet, delightful, funny, sharp, especially in places (it could be 100 pages shorter).
I've read it before, but I thought that it, while not exactly 10/10 literature, would make for perfect summer beach reading. And so it did.
Sweet, delightful, funny, sharp, especially in places (it could be 100 pages shorter).
I've read it before, but I thought that it, while not exactly 10/10 literature, would make for perfect summer beach reading. And so it did.
From the same book:
Finland losing *that many* soldiers and *so few* civilians is practically unheard of. As current conflicts also highlight, unfortunately, civilians tend to suffer greatly from conflicts. Not so, or at least not so much, in Finland during WW2.
Finland losing *that many* soldiers and *so few* civilians is practically unheard of. As current conflicts also highlight, unfortunately, civilians tend to suffer greatly from conflicts. Not so, or at least not so much, in Finland during WW2.
August 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
From the same book:
Finland losing *that many* soldiers and *so few* civilians is practically unheard of. As current conflicts also highlight, unfortunately, civilians tend to suffer greatly from conflicts. Not so, or at least not so much, in Finland during WW2.
Finland losing *that many* soldiers and *so few* civilians is practically unheard of. As current conflicts also highlight, unfortunately, civilians tend to suffer greatly from conflicts. Not so, or at least not so much, in Finland during WW2.
B) The factual realities of climate change and the derived costs makes the argument simple on humanitarian grounds.
As much as negative opinion about migrants seems set in stone, it is easier to change than to revert effects of climate change (caused by prior emissions).
As much as negative opinion about migrants seems set in stone, it is easier to change than to revert effects of climate change (caused by prior emissions).
August 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
B) The factual realities of climate change and the derived costs makes the argument simple on humanitarian grounds.
As much as negative opinion about migrants seems set in stone, it is easier to change than to revert effects of climate change (caused by prior emissions).
As much as negative opinion about migrants seems set in stone, it is easier to change than to revert effects of climate change (caused by prior emissions).
After reading the book, many current news headlines simply reads differently. Perhaps especially so for a Dane.
How about this for a (2022) perspective on 2025 news stories?
How about this for a (2022) perspective on 2025 news stories?
August 5, 2025 at 7:38 AM
After reading the book, many current news headlines simply reads differently. Perhaps especially so for a Dane.
How about this for a (2022) perspective on 2025 news stories?
How about this for a (2022) perspective on 2025 news stories?
Nomad Century: How To Survive the Climate Upheaval by @wanderinggaia.bsky.social (2022).
A book about the Climate change crisis and the human migration patterns that should - and will - eventually follow from it during the rest of this century.
Thought-provoking for sure.
A book about the Climate change crisis and the human migration patterns that should - and will - eventually follow from it during the rest of this century.
Thought-provoking for sure.
August 5, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Nomad Century: How To Survive the Climate Upheaval by @wanderinggaia.bsky.social (2022).
A book about the Climate change crisis and the human migration patterns that should - and will - eventually follow from it during the rest of this century.
Thought-provoking for sure.
A book about the Climate change crisis and the human migration patterns that should - and will - eventually follow from it during the rest of this century.
Thought-provoking for sure.
How Finland Survived Stalin by Kimmo Rentola (2024).
Among European countries involved in WW2, only three never saw their capital occupied by the enemy: London, Moscow, and Helsinki.
A marvellous achievement on the 🇫🇮 side, well-documented in this excellent, informative, and easy-to-read book.
Among European countries involved in WW2, only three never saw their capital occupied by the enemy: London, Moscow, and Helsinki.
A marvellous achievement on the 🇫🇮 side, well-documented in this excellent, informative, and easy-to-read book.
August 4, 2025 at 5:15 AM
How Finland Survived Stalin by Kimmo Rentola (2024).
Among European countries involved in WW2, only three never saw their capital occupied by the enemy: London, Moscow, and Helsinki.
A marvellous achievement on the 🇫🇮 side, well-documented in this excellent, informative, and easy-to-read book.
Among European countries involved in WW2, only three never saw their capital occupied by the enemy: London, Moscow, and Helsinki.
A marvellous achievement on the 🇫🇮 side, well-documented in this excellent, informative, and easy-to-read book.
[some of] The potential consequences of Green Hype Bust.
Dire reading in the latest ESPAS Horizon Scanning report ("which looks at “signals of change” – emerging trends and issues – that may appear marginal today but could become important for the EU in the future.")
Dire reading in the latest ESPAS Horizon Scanning report ("which looks at “signals of change” – emerging trends and issues – that may appear marginal today but could become important for the EU in the future.")
July 31, 2025 at 9:25 AM
[some of] The potential consequences of Green Hype Bust.
Dire reading in the latest ESPAS Horizon Scanning report ("which looks at “signals of change” – emerging trends and issues – that may appear marginal today but could become important for the EU in the future.")
Dire reading in the latest ESPAS Horizon Scanning report ("which looks at “signals of change” – emerging trends and issues – that may appear marginal today but could become important for the EU in the future.")
Sommeren 1960 by Hans Mortensen (2016).
Delightful book (only available in 🇩🇰, I think) about the Danish football team that took silver at the 1960 Olympics, with a lot of references to contemperous pop-cultural and political changes. "You can fight against it, but you cannot stop the tide."
Delightful book (only available in 🇩🇰, I think) about the Danish football team that took silver at the 1960 Olympics, with a lot of references to contemperous pop-cultural and political changes. "You can fight against it, but you cannot stop the tide."
July 31, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Sommeren 1960 by Hans Mortensen (2016).
Delightful book (only available in 🇩🇰, I think) about the Danish football team that took silver at the 1960 Olympics, with a lot of references to contemperous pop-cultural and political changes. "You can fight against it, but you cannot stop the tide."
Delightful book (only available in 🇩🇰, I think) about the Danish football team that took silver at the 1960 Olympics, with a lot of references to contemperous pop-cultural and political changes. "You can fight against it, but you cannot stop the tide."
"But where else can you get, on demand, hopeful, inspiring projections for the real future?"
#NotTheJobOfFuturists
#NotTheJobOfFuturists
July 31, 2025 at 5:04 AM
"But where else can you get, on demand, hopeful, inspiring projections for the real future?"
#NotTheJobOfFuturists
#NotTheJobOfFuturists
My life story in six words or less.
July 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
My life story in six words or less.
Surprise surprise
July 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Surprise surprise
Thanks! It was a super-interesting group of experts, discussing a difficult but engaging and highly relevant topic. It even has a touch of resilience in there!
Anyway, all went great (hope the participants also got something out of it, I most certainly did!)
Anyway, all went great (hope the participants also got something out of it, I most certainly did!)
June 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Thanks! It was a super-interesting group of experts, discussing a difficult but engaging and highly relevant topic. It even has a touch of resilience in there!
Anyway, all went great (hope the participants also got something out of it, I most certainly did!)
Anyway, all went great (hope the participants also got something out of it, I most certainly did!)
Mentally preparing for facilitating a scenario workshop today, I was browsing through Peter Schwartz' Learning from the Long View yesterday.
Of his three global scenarios for 2025, done in 2010, the one named Cascading Crises striked a bit of a chord...
Of his three global scenarios for 2025, done in 2010, the one named Cascading Crises striked a bit of a chord...
June 17, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Mentally preparing for facilitating a scenario workshop today, I was browsing through Peter Schwartz' Learning from the Long View yesterday.
Of his three global scenarios for 2025, done in 2010, the one named Cascading Crises striked a bit of a chord...
Of his three global scenarios for 2025, done in 2010, the one named Cascading Crises striked a bit of a chord...
The key to building Long-Term Thinking in Wales: Everyone doing a little rather than a few doing a lot.
Inspirational #Futures4Europe conference keynote speaker Petranka Malcheva, Office of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales.
Inspirational #Futures4Europe conference keynote speaker Petranka Malcheva, Office of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales.
May 15, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The key to building Long-Term Thinking in Wales: Everyone doing a little rather than a few doing a lot.
Inspirational #Futures4Europe conference keynote speaker Petranka Malcheva, Office of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales.
Inspirational #Futures4Europe conference keynote speaker Petranka Malcheva, Office of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales.