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Thoughts are the core output of the House. Each thought explores a system, develops a new logic or imagines a possible vision for the century ahead.

Innovation needs a lender of last resort
The housing crisis is breaking the pillar our democracy stands on
Why we should see history as a spiral, not as an arrow toward progress
Before the Nordic Market, the Nordic Law
Time to rewrite Janteloven and export it to the world
Norway’s welfare state is now a derivative of global speculation
Megafires signal the end of the world as we knew it
What Viking oars reveal about a thousand years of history behind the Russia-Ukraine war
We've built an extraordinarily complex financial system on an extraordinarily dangerous assumption
What looks like a new American system is really an attempt to keep the old one alive
Why the West is clinging to old narratives and what to do about it
Fidel Castro and the idea that no empire is ever truly invincible
The real problem with Europe’s startup ecosystem
The invisible power of the word "innovation"
What if central banks are creating the problems they try to solve?
Presenting my theory of the crisis behind all the other crises
What Pedro Sanchez and the PSOE can teach us about how power really works
We don't need a nuclear deal with Iran, what we need is a therapy session
The G7 found a new role that gives them back their power: protect you from dangers
Everyone is right about AI, that is why investing in it today is wrong
SpaceX IPO proves that noble lies are better than the naked truth
Declaration of hatred towards normality and normal things
Nasdaq as the world's liquidity drain
Mario Draghi is wrong, while John Calvin was right
10 decisions shape your life, and a handful of treaties shape your destiny
Why we need to dream again like it's 1999
Eastern Europe's democratic drift is the symptom of a failing Western formula
Learning about systems by comparing Nordic asylum systems
Blocking diplomacy with Russia is stupid and it must end
Dear European startups, please ignore public subsidies
Presenting the universal human right to "lick the hammer"
The stronger the European project grows, the stronger the Nordic project will become
Why the EU needs to overcome its fear of scarcity
In defense of Investinor
Starmer: a Machiavellian example of what princes should not do
Open letter to Cecilie Myrseth
The nationalisation of British Steel marks the end of an era
What Brexit can teach us about how to manage a defiant Sweden
How many projects need to fail in the Nordics before we rethink our strategy?
The US is Europe’s troubled child
NATO is dead, but Europe does not know about it yet
Brutalism is back
To all the invisible Swedes
EU rules have too many exceptions
Yes, Norway is a war profiteer
Open letter to Mario Draghi
We found Fight Club in the FT comments section
About democracy, Hungarian style
Beware of little Marco
Here is your Gramsci's playbook copy, use it well
It’s dangerous out there, take this with you
You must learn to proceed without certainty
Candace Owens, a case of 'do what I say, not what I do'
Introduction to Christian Nationalism
Should Sweden finally adopt the Euro?
Presenting my thesis called "the great short circuit"
Nordic countries are the world’s happiest, yet their people are terribly sad
A prayer for the EU Inc lobby group
Crash course in the LGBTQ+ community golden rules for any political dissident
Greenland is not Nordic!
Introduction to kindergarten capitalism, European style
The EU 28th regime is like repeating history all over again
National Socialism is making a comeback in Europe
The four steps you need to know to become a nationalist leader
The EU is not a supranational institution, it is a religion
Ursula's main mistake is that she is doing the 'right thing'
Conditional feminism is dead. Long live post-moral feminism!
What women can learn from Delcy Rodriguez
The end of the petrodollar
What worries me most about the Iran war is interest rates
Whatever you think, Iran is not going to surrender
Hillary Clinton: a lesson every female leader must learn
Humans, chill, you are not going to be replaced by AI
One of the largest structures of wealth in the 21st century has fractured
Introduction to the 'gated laissez-faire' model
About dual use technologies
Requiem for the European VC
There is no difference between an EU Summit and a Maya ritual
Norway and Argentina operate under the same system
The 'Truth' has died
The terminal lucidity of Nordic Venture
Jens, you don't need a tax lottery to know what is going on
The collapse of the Danish Empire of narrative
Techbros think Europe is a product that needs to be fixed, don't let them
We explain why we have a 'funding gap' in Europe
Norway, pick up the phone, it’s urgent
Greenland is in effect a 21st century colony
Just make me feel something
When empires feel close to collapse, they start doing strange things
Why Germans are lobbying for the 28th regime
Draghi is the architect of Europe's malaise
Björn ABBA explains how your country can be like Sweden
The European Commission has 4.5 times more debt than income
The first nation to leave the EU was Greenland
Sorry Norway, there are no shortcuts to economic development
Let's look at the 28th Regime together
How I miss the days of Quantitative Easing
Why I am against EU-INC
What if we combined libertarian thinking with the Nordic model?
What oil prices tell us about Norwegian elections
Norway's tax experiment and the question Finland left open
Norwegians call it luck, economics calls it incentives
Boots not suits: the end of good vibes politics
Do not confuse efficiency with effectiveness
What the Carta Marina teaches us about innovation
The legacy of Olympe de Gouges
Europe is not the center of the world
Why Investinor should keep its direct investment mandate
What the Investinor debate is missing: impact, gender and climate
Three discussions Norway needs to have before funding innovation
What we need is a Venture Investing Masterclass at the Stortinget
We will not stop climate change, we will have to adapt to it
The perfect recipe for what does NOT make a nation rich
Why you should care about the AMOC
What the pig industry taught me about venture
What is life without hope?
Why the Nordics need a common Venture Ecosystem
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