Category Archives: Politics

Comics in print and real-life

Posted on May 16, 2008 by sim

There’s this one great quote on a despair.com product: Quitters never win, winners never quit, but those who never win AND never quit are idiots. Every now and then you run into people who just don’t know when to quit … Continue reading →

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Risk Management

Posted on Mar 6, 2008 by sim

Today’s topic is risk. The World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Network released their now-annual Global Risks-report (see links below) already some time ago but I only now got around to reading it. Though the contents isn’t exactly breaking news as … Continue reading →

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On the future of Finland

Posted on Jun 2, 2007 by sim

Two topics today on the future of Finland & the capital area, sort of related but equally good considered independently. The first should not be seen as elitism or accepting the status quo of climate change but rather to point … Continue reading →

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One laptop per … oh, nobody?

Posted on Apr 27, 2007 by sim

The government had an idea to equip all elementary school students with a computer. Not a bad idea, considering computer skills are pretty much necessary already today, let alone in 10-20 years. Now OAJ (Trade Union of Education) has apparently … Continue reading →

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So much for global commerce

Posted on Mar 22, 2007 by sim

Globalization is supposed to be all about free movement of goods and people and all that stuff. Free movement of people is still a far-fetched dream and even casual intercontinental movement of people is inconvenienced by the US-driven security theater. … Continue reading →

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