Waldemar Ingdahl
@waldemaringdahl.bsky.social
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
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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...
Reposted by Waldemar Ingdahl
Projektet “Nya sätt att sprida forskningsresultat till samhället” testar nu policy briefs förmåga att nå ut med forskning till beslutsfattare. Kan vi förutse opinionsförändringar? Hur når experter fram i kriser? Har vi koll på våra fördomar? Läs och tyck till om formatet: www.iffs.se/ovriga-sidor...
September 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Projektet “Nya sätt att sprida forskningsresultat till samhället” testar nu policy briefs förmåga att nå ut med forskning till beslutsfattare. Kan vi förutse opinionsförändringar? Hur når experter fram i kriser? Har vi koll på våra fördomar? Läs och tyck till om formatet: www.iffs.se/ovriga-sidor...
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...
🎉 40M users on Bluesky!
Not just growth — momentum.
Dislikes coming (for feed tuning, not dunking).
More tools, more control, fewer trolls.
Social media’s network effect is shifting.
This isn’t a clone, it’s a reset.
#Bluesky40M #PlatformShift
techcrunch.com/2025/10/31/b...
Not just growth — momentum.
Dislikes coming (for feed tuning, not dunking).
More tools, more control, fewer trolls.
Social media’s network effect is shifting.
This isn’t a clone, it’s a reset.
#Bluesky40M #PlatformShift
techcrunch.com/2025/10/31/b...
Bluesky hits 40 million users, introduces 'dislikes' beta | TechCrunch
As users "dislike" posts, the system will learn what sort of content they want to see less of. This will help to inform more than just how content is ranked in feeds, but also reply rankings.
techcrunch.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🎉 40M users on Bluesky!
Not just growth — momentum.
Dislikes coming (for feed tuning, not dunking).
More tools, more control, fewer trolls.
Social media’s network effect is shifting.
This isn’t a clone, it’s a reset.
#Bluesky40M #PlatformShift
techcrunch.com/2025/10/31/b...
Not just growth — momentum.
Dislikes coming (for feed tuning, not dunking).
More tools, more control, fewer trolls.
Social media’s network effect is shifting.
This isn’t a clone, it’s a reset.
#Bluesky40M #PlatformShift
techcrunch.com/2025/10/31/b...
Reposted by Waldemar Ingdahl
I had a fun Halloween discussion with Adam Ford on Scary Futures - we made a tier list! (Because that is apparently what kids do these days.) youtu.be/3sToD13u_78?...
Anders Sandberg: Scary Futures Tier List - Halloween Special
YouTube video by Science, Technology & the Future
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October 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I had a fun Halloween discussion with Adam Ford on Scary Futures - we made a tier list! (Because that is apparently what kids do these days.) youtu.be/3sToD13u_78?...
Let’s face it: soon, being read by AI will be more important for influence than print or clicks. You might have to pitch to the machines, not just readers. Welcome to #TeamAITextbook w/ @kevinkelly.bsky.social kk.org/thetechnium/...
Paying AIs to Read My Books
Some authors have it backwards. They believe that AI companies should pay them for training AIs on their books. But I predict in a very short while, authors will be paying AI companies to ensure that ...
kk.org
October 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Let’s face it: soon, being read by AI will be more important for influence than print or clicks. You might have to pitch to the machines, not just readers. Welcome to #TeamAITextbook w/ @kevinkelly.bsky.social kk.org/thetechnium/...
Human visits to Wikipedia are down 8% compared to last year, according to Wikimedia’s @marshallmiller.bsky.social.
Meanwhile, AI traffic to Wikipedia keeps rising scraping the same source. We’ve only seen the beginning of its impact on the knowledge ecosystem.
diff.wikimedia.org/2025/10/17/n...
Meanwhile, AI traffic to Wikipedia keeps rising scraping the same source. We’ve only seen the beginning of its impact on the knowledge ecosystem.
diff.wikimedia.org/2025/10/17/n...
New User Trends on Wikipedia
An update on user trends from the Wikimedia Foundation.
diff.wikimedia.org
October 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Human visits to Wikipedia are down 8% compared to last year, according to Wikimedia’s @marshallmiller.bsky.social.
Meanwhile, AI traffic to Wikipedia keeps rising scraping the same source. We’ve only seen the beginning of its impact on the knowledge ecosystem.
diff.wikimedia.org/2025/10/17/n...
Meanwhile, AI traffic to Wikipedia keeps rising scraping the same source. We’ve only seen the beginning of its impact on the knowledge ecosystem.
diff.wikimedia.org/2025/10/17/n...
What Terry Pratchett can teach economists: If economists had Pratchett's gift for comic absurdity, they might persuade more people capx.co/what-terry-p...
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'Echo-gnomics' was one of the Discworld author's favourite subjects
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October 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
What Terry Pratchett can teach economists: If economists had Pratchett's gift for comic absurdity, they might persuade more people capx.co/what-terry-p...
Maybe the real danger isn’t collapse, it’s entrapment.
Institutions seldom crumble; they adapt.
Gregory Bateson called it a *double bind*: every path leads back to the trap.
What’s our double bind today?
open.substack.com/pub/aocrawfo...
Institutions seldom crumble; they adapt.
Gregory Bateson called it a *double bind*: every path leads back to the trap.
What’s our double bind today?
open.substack.com/pub/aocrawfo...
Enter the triple bind
How economy, ecology, and democracy keep tightening each other’s knots
open.substack.com
October 18, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Maybe the real danger isn’t collapse, it’s entrapment.
Institutions seldom crumble; they adapt.
Gregory Bateson called it a *double bind*: every path leads back to the trap.
What’s our double bind today?
open.substack.com/pub/aocrawfo...
Institutions seldom crumble; they adapt.
Gregory Bateson called it a *double bind*: every path leads back to the trap.
What’s our double bind today?
open.substack.com/pub/aocrawfo...
Får högern plats i klimatkampen? 🌍
Filosofen Olle Torpman på @futures-studies.bsky.social berättar om sin nya bok "En grön höger?" om ideologi, frihet, tradition och klimatpolitik.
🔗 Intervju: www.iffs.se/nyheter/en-g...
💬 Kan en borgerlig klimatpolitik vara värderingsdriven?
Filosofen Olle Torpman på @futures-studies.bsky.social berättar om sin nya bok "En grön höger?" om ideologi, frihet, tradition och klimatpolitik.
🔗 Intervju: www.iffs.se/nyheter/en-g...
💬 Kan en borgerlig klimatpolitik vara värderingsdriven?
En grön höger?
www.iffs.se
October 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Får högern plats i klimatkampen? 🌍
Filosofen Olle Torpman på @futures-studies.bsky.social berättar om sin nya bok "En grön höger?" om ideologi, frihet, tradition och klimatpolitik.
🔗 Intervju: www.iffs.se/nyheter/en-g...
💬 Kan en borgerlig klimatpolitik vara värderingsdriven?
Filosofen Olle Torpman på @futures-studies.bsky.social berättar om sin nya bok "En grön höger?" om ideologi, frihet, tradition och klimatpolitik.
🔗 Intervju: www.iffs.se/nyheter/en-g...
💬 Kan en borgerlig klimatpolitik vara värderingsdriven?
What connects missionary schools to algorithmic education?
Systems of communication, computation, classification & control.
To imagine new futures, we need to see the old ones still running.
🔗 calculatingempires.net
#TechHistory #ScienceComm #AI #CalculatingEmpires
Systems of communication, computation, classification & control.
To imagine new futures, we need to see the old ones still running.
🔗 calculatingempires.net
#TechHistory #ScienceComm #AI #CalculatingEmpires
Calculating Empires: A Genealogy of Technology and Power since 1500
Explore how technical and social structures co-evolved over five centuries in this large-scale research visualization.
calculatingempires.net
October 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
What connects missionary schools to algorithmic education?
Systems of communication, computation, classification & control.
To imagine new futures, we need to see the old ones still running.
🔗 calculatingempires.net
#TechHistory #ScienceComm #AI #CalculatingEmpires
Systems of communication, computation, classification & control.
To imagine new futures, we need to see the old ones still running.
🔗 calculatingempires.net
#TechHistory #ScienceComm #AI #CalculatingEmpires
🧠 The success of AI governance depends on foresight
Traditional tools (white papers, roundtables) can be too slow. Forecasts and scenarios help, but does not confront human decision-making under pressure. Might this be a game changer?
www.aipolicyperspectives.com/p/science-2030
Traditional tools (white papers, roundtables) can be too slow. Forecasts and scenarios help, but does not confront human decision-making under pressure. Might this be a game changer?
www.aipolicyperspectives.com/p/science-2030
Science 2030
Designing role-playing games to help AI governance
www.aipolicyperspectives.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
🧠 The success of AI governance depends on foresight
Traditional tools (white papers, roundtables) can be too slow. Forecasts and scenarios help, but does not confront human decision-making under pressure. Might this be a game changer?
www.aipolicyperspectives.com/p/science-2030
Traditional tools (white papers, roundtables) can be too slow. Forecasts and scenarios help, but does not confront human decision-making under pressure. Might this be a game changer?
www.aipolicyperspectives.com/p/science-2030
Jag har testat att skriva policy briefs som ett sätt att sprida forskning till beslutsfattare. Men funkar det? Har du själv läst eller använt policy briefs, vad tycker du om formatet?
Projektet “Nya sätt att sprida forskningsresultat till samhället” testar nu policy briefs förmåga att nå ut med forskning till beslutsfattare. Kan vi förutse opinionsförändringar? Hur når experter fram i kriser? Har vi koll på våra fördomar? Läs och tyck till om formatet: www.iffs.se/ovriga-sidor...
September 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Jag har testat att skriva policy briefs som ett sätt att sprida forskning till beslutsfattare. Men funkar det? Har du själv läst eller använt policy briefs, vad tycker du om formatet?
Study in @nature.com shows papers & patents are less disruptive since the 1940s. Why are we seeing fewer game-changing ideas? #Science #Research www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Papers and patents are becoming less disruptive over time - Nature
A decline in disruptive science and technology over time is reported, representing a substantive shift in science and technology, which is attributed in part to the reliance on a narrower set of exist...
www.nature.com
June 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Study in @nature.com shows papers & patents are less disruptive since the 1940s. Why are we seeing fewer game-changing ideas? #Science #Research www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧬 Are virtual cells coming.
CZI is investing hundreds of millions to build them. DeepMind is in, too.
Simulated biology could revolutionize research. 🚀
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#SciComm #VirtualCells #OpenScience #AIinBiology
CZI is investing hundreds of millions to build them. DeepMind is in, too.
Simulated biology could revolutionize research. 🚀
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#SciComm #VirtualCells #OpenScience #AIinBiology
Can AI build a virtual cell? Scientists race to model life’s smallest unit
Several groups hope to develop artificial-intelligence models that can predict how cells behave.
www.nature.com
June 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🧬 Are virtual cells coming.
CZI is investing hundreds of millions to build them. DeepMind is in, too.
Simulated biology could revolutionize research. 🚀
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#SciComm #VirtualCells #OpenScience #AIinBiology
CZI is investing hundreds of millions to build them. DeepMind is in, too.
Simulated biology could revolutionize research. 🚀
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#SciComm #VirtualCells #OpenScience #AIinBiology
🔮 Hur formas framtiden?
Jag har skrivit för @futures-studies.bsky.social Verksamhetsrapport 2024.
📥 Läs forskningsöversikter, intervjuer och berättelser om drivkrafter och visioner www.iffs.se/publikatione...
🧠 Vilken framtidsfråga ser du som viktigast?
#framtid #forskning #forskningskommunikation
Jag har skrivit för @futures-studies.bsky.social Verksamhetsrapport 2024.
📥 Läs forskningsöversikter, intervjuer och berättelser om drivkrafter och visioner www.iffs.se/publikatione...
🧠 Vilken framtidsfråga ser du som viktigast?
#framtid #forskning #forskningskommunikation
June 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
🔮 Hur formas framtiden?
Jag har skrivit för @futures-studies.bsky.social Verksamhetsrapport 2024.
📥 Läs forskningsöversikter, intervjuer och berättelser om drivkrafter och visioner www.iffs.se/publikatione...
🧠 Vilken framtidsfråga ser du som viktigast?
#framtid #forskning #forskningskommunikation
Jag har skrivit för @futures-studies.bsky.social Verksamhetsrapport 2024.
📥 Läs forskningsöversikter, intervjuer och berättelser om drivkrafter och visioner www.iffs.se/publikatione...
🧠 Vilken framtidsfråga ser du som viktigast?
#framtid #forskning #forskningskommunikation
The EU AI Act became law last year, with rollout planned over 18 months. Now Sweden’s PM wants to pause the rollout, calling the rules “confusing” and warning Europe could fall behind. What would a pause mean for innovation, safety and the global AI race?
www.politico.eu/article/swed...
www.politico.eu/article/swed...
Swedish PM calls for a pause of the EU’s AI rules
Ulf Kristersson will raise “confusing” rulebook with EU leaders this week in Brussels.
www.politico.eu
June 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The EU AI Act became law last year, with rollout planned over 18 months. Now Sweden’s PM wants to pause the rollout, calling the rules “confusing” and warning Europe could fall behind. What would a pause mean for innovation, safety and the global AI race?
www.politico.eu/article/swed...
www.politico.eu/article/swed...
Reposted by Waldemar Ingdahl
Antarctica. Good night! #SummerSolstice #astronomy
June 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Antarctica. Good night! #SummerSolstice #astronomy
The MAHA movement is a wild mix. Wellness gurus pushing raw milk, transhumanist dreams of health optimization, woo like anti-vax conspiracies, populist rage against Big Pharma, and a sprinkle of science on diet reform. A cultural tightrope. #MAHA #HealthPolitics
reason.com/2025/06/14/a...
reason.com/2025/06/14/a...
Trad wives and tallow fries: How the wellness wars flipped health and food politics upside down
Does RFK Jr.'s MAHA movement want to loosen the government's grasp on food and medicine—or use government power to impose blueberries on everyone else?
reason.com
June 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The MAHA movement is a wild mix. Wellness gurus pushing raw milk, transhumanist dreams of health optimization, woo like anti-vax conspiracies, populist rage against Big Pharma, and a sprinkle of science on diet reform. A cultural tightrope. #MAHA #HealthPolitics
reason.com/2025/06/14/a...
reason.com/2025/06/14/a...
Glad midsommar
June 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Glad midsommar
Crisis of confidence?
It is peak “Brussels Bubble” for the EU to celebrate 40 years Schengen rather than address that Schengen is “melting before our eyes.”
June 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Crisis of confidence?
Läste just veckans nummer av Finansmagasinet, och fastnade för en artikel om #DeadInternetTheory. En provocerande idé: att stora delar av internet i dag inte längre är "levande", utan fyllt av #AI genererat innehåll och simulerad aktivitet. Är det främst botar som läser annonser? #mediekritik
June 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Läste just veckans nummer av Finansmagasinet, och fastnade för en artikel om #DeadInternetTheory. En provocerande idé: att stora delar av internet i dag inte längre är "levande", utan fyllt av #AI genererat innehåll och simulerad aktivitet. Är det främst botar som läser annonser? #mediekritik