I’ll be honest: 2023 was a bit of a whirlwind. For the world and, more importantly, for my pretty little self. I worked well into Christmas, then I said “f*ck off and thanks for all the fish”.

Writing a recap of any year isn’t easy. And this one is not done with just yet, so there is always a chance that things will unfold in the next few weeks, not necessarily good things. Still, let’s give it a go…

Is music eventually doomed with the rise of this new phenomenon that is AI? Is there any hope? In short — no and yes.

On August 25th, I turned 42. Based on the sheer amount of time it took for me to write about it (2 weeks, for those who are not great at math), you can tell how much it didn’t affect me.

I’m not proud of how little I knew about Vienna until yesterday. Only 2 things I associated with the city, really: Before Sunrise and The Sound of Music.

AI has been around for decades. Yet, only the past few months have seen vast amounts of the population focus on the topic — and worry about it in equal measure…

Rising to prominence through a series of landmark TED talks, Hans Rosling had been a well respected academic in his native Sweden until he shared his findings with the world…

I was lucky enough to be involved in the publication of “Social intelligence for climate action”, a report about the global social conversation on climate change. The topic of optimism came up…