The novel coronavirus COVID-19 is ravaging modern lifestyles and upend how we relate to our schools, workplaces and socializing in general. Stock exchanges, looming of recession even before the pandemic, have embarked on a poorly engineered roller coaster, and life as we know it is quickly coming to a standstill. Governments are closing borders or…
The midterm election is a few days away. Could Generation Z votes tip the Congressional majority in favor of Democrats, even in districts with long Republican traditions? Which issues matter to Generation Z, and are they communicating these by voting? Two trends characterize young people’s voting behavior. They tend not to vote. When they vote,…
What can Barack Obama and Miley Cyrus learn from Karl Marx this past week? Maybe they should take to heart a famous quote where he says that the second time a tragedy comes around, it comes as a farce*. That’s true whether you’re following the footsteps of Madonna or George W Bush. Were anybody seriously…
Last week I had the opportunity to attend a conference about the generation after the millennials. This entailed the latest stats and survey results from this youngest group of Americans on and an effort to (re)name the youngest generation – the one that is currently called the Homelanders. This event was part of the annual YPulste Mashup and…
A picture is worth a thousand words, but I don’t have near enough infographics on this blog! So here’s my very special Election Day Post that aspires to be the pop-cultural, right brained amateur version of Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight blog. Well not quite exactly, but we can pretend. Actually these are not my graphics at…
It’s a week since Norway endured its bloodiest event(s) in modern times and the most serious national security violation since the Nazi occupation in 1940. Rightwing extremist Anders Breivik carried out the worst, and as far as I know, only terrorist attack ever on Norwegian soil. Following a bomb at the government building, which drew…
