Albert-Writes

Ch 3. – An Unusual Customer July 11th 2056New York – United States of America “What’s this?” Pompi thought, as they looked upon the circular labyrinth, clenching their jaw at the seeming inefficiency of their two legged journey. The first leg of the trip, right up to the “National Park Gate”, looked like the normal sharp zig-zag,…

I have long contemplated becoming better at STEM subjects to complement my interests in the social sciences, but I always postponed that learning journey. One reason for this was my self-doubt regarding my abilities in subjects like mathematics and physics. Not long ago, I met someone who tried something new late in life, and I…

In this short blog post, I will go through some related ideas – which tie into an ‘over all reflection on the good life’. These ideas comprises life categorised into specific parts and it’s questions and decisions – such as where to work, what to spend ones money on, how much risk to take on, whether…

Optimisation, and the Graveyard of the Anxious Ever since the advent of modernity, mankind’s search for meaning has accelerated. Today, this search occupies the forefront of many people’s minds, expressed through optimisation-minded movements such as Effective Altruism and 80,000 Hours, alongside the various YOLOs, FOMOs, and JOMOs of the day. In a world of historically…

Ch 2. – Reboot Civilization Y/N? July 5th 2056Tahoe-Reno, N.V – United States of America “Do not press Cancel if you wish to decline the non-deletion of records exceeding 300,000 years.” Ayaans team were in the midst of a summer lull, and spent the season downtime on clearing out some old legacy files from their system…

Ch. 1 – The Fourth Transgression July 5th 2056Italy – Rome They say that everybody remembers where they were when the United States cut off all trade through the South China Sea. They say that few people forget the date of their own birth. Yet when the Vatican City announced in 2056 that Pope Leo…

“For all enquiry and all learning is but recollection.”— Plato, Meno “We conclude that these states of knowledge are neither innate in a determinate form, nor developed from other higher states of knowledge, but from sense-perception.”— Aristotle, Posterior Analytics Ideas are made of Knowledge. But Where What is Knowledge Made of? Where does knowledge come…

At the heart of the 13th-century Rogslösa Church in Sweden stands the Rogslösa Door, a medieval masterpiece crafted around 1275 by the “Rogslösa Master.” Its ironwork serves as both strength and a magical barrier against spirits, featuring scenes of the Fall of Man, Archangel Michael’s battle, and a hunting scene linked to Saint Eustachius. Source…

Nytt filmtips i pendang till det föregående! En kinesisk film som visar, inte de grymma sidorna av kapitalism, likt migrantarbetarnas tuffa villkor i filmen “Blind Shaft” (2003), släppt två år efter Kinas inträde i WTO. Utan istället motsatsen. Frukten av hårt arbete tillägnat smarta saker, som i gatuförsäljning av smarrigt ris på den öppna marknaden.…

Filmtips, ”Blind Shaft / Mang jing” (2003) inblick i Kina under tidigt 2000-tal. Bra kriminaldrama om kolarbetare. Quote från filmen som fångar Kinas industrialisering och den tuffa, men ofta valda vägen Kinas migrantarbetare genomlevt, och fortsätter att genomleva. ”China is short of everything, but not people.” – sagt av kolgruvechefen när en av de arbetssökande…

Hej! Här är min text från 2025 om varför kriget i Ukraina bör avslutas med kapitulation. I min text driver jag den pacifistiska tesen att mer vapen till Ukraina skulle göra kriget värre, och inte kortare. Bojkott av Marabou-chokladkakor, och Kefir, i all ära; men ekonomiska sanktioner kommer tyvärr inte lösa konflikten. Detta då ekonomiska…

Hej allesammans! Är du intresserad av nationalekonomi, brädspel, eller historia? Ögna då igenom uppsatsen jag skrev i Timbros Stureakademi om Georgismen. Uppsatsen innehåller en statistisk simulering av brädspelet Monopol (gjord i R) i syfte att undersöka den samhällsekonomiska gångbarheten av en fascinerande typ av fastighetsskatt. Tack för mig! Länk till Uppsatsen – Brädspelet Monopol som leksaksekonomi;Leder…

Hej! Jag laddade nyligen upp min kandidatuppsats i statistik i DIVA. I uppsatsen föreslår jag en metod för att generera hypoteser för medicinsk forskning med hjälp av AI. Som exempel tittar jag på Mikrosatellit Instabilitet (MSI) i mag och tarmcancer. Ta gärna en titt via länken nedan, eller via den bifogade pdf:en om du är…