
Explores our endlessly fascinating and frustrating world. Always curious, often funny, sometimes poignant. A personal take on culture, politics, history, science, democracy, LGBTQ+, AI, and other things that tickle my fancy and hopefully yours.
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It’s been a while, but a whole bunch of you have found your way here anyway. What a treat! For the newcomers: Cultural Tendencies doesn’t care about Substack “truths”. There is no niche. There is only what fascinates or frustrates me. You w...
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According to a surprising number of angry strangers online, my outlook on life is “annoyingly optimistic.” I prefer “stubbornly optimistic” because, right now, staying optimistic about the world is both ne...
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Watching a very unpalatable US politician saying ridiculous things about gay people a few days ago reminded me of a weird piece of news from my own neck of the woods - Sweden. It’s a nice place to visit, but if...
Liz Gilbert and I in Stockholm. Photo: Joakim Ström.
A few days ago, I told I never wanted to read, nor even expected to remotely like one of her novels. She loved it! But before I get into the hows, whys and whats of that, I have a quest...
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New technology always worries people. Socrates thought writing would damage our memory. Conrad Gessner, a Swiss biologist, didn't trust the printing press because he thought it would overload us with information...
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Relentlessly curious about the world. Loves quirky facts, history, (pop)culture, dogs and cats. Also, the elected President of the Swedish union DIK which organises people who work with culture, communication or in the creative sector.
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