In the make-shift podcast studio I have in my office, there’s a small paper note pinned to the wall. It reads: “0,75x speed”. It’s a reminder of some advice I got from my friend Magnus. Talk slightly slower, take your time, and don’t get ahead of those who are listening. “0,75x speed” serves well as a metaphor, far beyond our podcast. As AI enables us to do more – and faster – the emphasis is leaning heavily […]
Friends, For a few years now, I have taken a special interest in how new technology phenomena affects regular financial markets. For Svenska Dagbladet, I have written about everything from the short squeeze in Gamestop to prediction markets and bitcoin treasury companies. Underpinning it all is a sense that something fundamental is changing. Why do so many choose to invest their money into these new things? What happened to saving money in a low-cost index […]
Friends, This may be the least predictable newsletter imaginable. But unlike the rest of the stuff clogging up your inbox – this is not selling or asking anything of you. It’s just some good stuff that I’ve come across lately. I’m still writing a lot for the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. If that’s a language you’re comfortable reading, then here’s a listing of my latest work. If not – you’re out of luck, for the time […]
👋 I have been writing so much lately. But since I haven’t sent you a newsletter since… August 2021(!?), I can’t blame you for not knowing that. It has also been almost exclusively in Swedish (sorry). I have also been reading a lot more books and listening to a lot of music. Which brings me to what this newsletter once was intended for and named after – my recommendations. With that in mind – below are […]
I have really been enjoying writing a weekly column for SvD, but sending you a newsletter with a single link seems a bit much. If you’re running a Substack as a business I suppose it is a different game. But this is not that. I see this newsletter as a convenience to help occasionally discover something that you find interesting. I am trying to cover China and their tech scene a little more in depth. […]
I have really been enjoying writing a weekly column for SvD, but sending you a newsletter with a single link seems a bit much. If you’re running a Substack as a business I suppose it is a different game. But this is not that. I see this newsletter as a convenience to help occasionally discover something that you find interesting. I am trying to cover China and their tech scene a little more in depth. […]
Here is some weekend reading about where tech meets politics and finance. This is the area that I have been covering for the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. Below are the translated, English, versions of these columns. I also added a few jazz variations on a theme at the end. Enjoy! Björn Things I’ve written Big Tech Facebook’s Clubhouse clone will fail Google has their hands in the cookie jar The fight with Facebook where everyone might […]
Hello, I’ve been writing a lot more since I started contributing to Svenska Dagbladet. Turns out I needed deadlines, after all. The timing has been great as technology increasingly overlaps with both politics and finance, and it is playing out for everyone to see. My job is to contextualize and explain this overlap to a broader audience. Take a look below. Björn P.S – Don’t miss the casting trouble for the GameStop movie at the bottom […]
Friends, I am now in Sweden and I’m getting myself readjusted to my new (and former) home country. If you’re wondering what it is like moving across the world with two small children, in the middle of a pandemic, then I can simply say that I don’t recommend it. Avoid, if possible. I have kept my board positions and my advisory business, but I have also started as a contributing technology analyst for the Swedish […]
Friends, After a little more than eight years in San Francisco, I have moved back to Europe. I’m going to be living in Malmö, Sweden, from now on. I have lived there once before, about 12 years ago. But I was a different person then, and Malmö was a different place. I’m looking forward to reacquainting myself. The last few months have been strange for everyone. My writing has naturally taken a backseat. I hope […]
