Mar 15, 2021Specialization Breeds Alienation(As always, originally at hjorthjort.xyz.) Specialization breeds alienation. Marx covered this. But I want to extend on the idea a bit further, and place it in the context of the ultra-modern capitalist economic machine. Specialization in profession leads to strange alienation between the customer and the service worker, between the…Marx2 min read
Feb 20, 20192.7 million medical calls breached in Sweden, and it’s pure comedyOriginally published at hjorthjort.xyz On Monday, news outlet Computer Sweden broke the news that millions of calls to a national Swedish health care adviser were openly available on the internet. Here is a summary in English. In short, they were recording calls for years, put them on a NAS and…Security8 min read
Mar 8, 2018Facebook and YouTube Are Not Collecting the Right Data. Here’s What They Should Learn From a Finnish Startup.Originally published on hjorthjort.xyz. How often do you click an article that looks interesting, only to realize it was complete bullshit? Or read something that seemed promising, but turned out to be a draining waste of time? Well, if you clicked that link on a social media, you are shit…Facebook5 min read
Feb 22, 2018The Deathbed FallacyThis topic has bothered me for years. So now, in a moment of inspiration instigated by Wait But Why¹ and drinking a glass or two of bourbon, I want to hash it out. It is something I call the Deathbed Fallacy. What is the Deathbed Fallacy? People on their deathbeds regret not spending more time…Life Lessons8 min read
Feb 19, 2018The Listening Society: A critical reviewI’ve been reading Metamoderna for a while now with great interest, and finally got around to reading the book, which has been out since September 2017. I’ll be blunt: This book may change your life, and it may go down in history as a great and accessible piece of (pop-)philosophy…Metamodernism15 min read
Feb 19, 2018How to get into onsen with tattoosOnsens（温泉）are hot baths whose water is heated by geothermal energy from the volcanically active crust of Japan. …Tattoo4 min read
