Mathias Sundin

Op-eds

💡 My tips for the politicians on how to level up Sweden

Ideas on how to level up Sweden. Six-part series. In Swedish.

Op-eds

📰 Op-ed in SvD on AI regulation and AI pause

AI should not be regulated at all now. In Swedish.

My talks

🌊 My talk at Stockholm Climate Week: A tsunami of climate solutions

On why it is wrong to think that "nothing is happening" in solving climate change. A huge wave of climate solutions is coming. Video. Talk in English.

My talks

🦾 My AI talk: Become a centaur - how to use AI to get superpowers

A centaur - half human, half horse. That's how we can think about the new AI tools. Video. The talk is in Swedish.

My talks

💡 My talk: Optimist's Edge with the Angry Optimist

In my talk, I will show you how to use the Optimist's Edge. A tool to find opportunities before everyone else. Video. The talk is in Swedish.

Interviews

📰 Interview in Dagens Industri

After I quit Parliament, Sweden's largest business newspaper interviewed me. In Swedish.

TEDx

💡 My TEDx talk: Why ideas are worth spreading

What is the secret behind all human innovation? The talk is in English.

🎙️ On the future and optimism in the Stigfinnare podcast

I talked to Carl Lindeborg about Warp Institute, the future and optimism. In Swedish.

Kevin Kelly

🎙️ My interview with Kevin Kelly

I talked to one of the world's leading optimists, about AI, opportunities vs problems, why optimists create the future and advice on how to grow Warp News.

Energy Society

🔋 Op-ed with Jonas Birgersson on the Energy Society

Op-ed in Svenska Dagbladet about all the electricity you need, at a low fixed price. In Swedish.

Artificial intelligence

📰 Op-ed in Aftonbladet on an AI pause

Four arguments against a pause for AI development. In Swedish.

Interviews

🎙️ Podcast interview with Fundler on AI

On the open letter to pause AI doomerism, and the opportunities with AI. In Swedish.

Podcast

🎙️ Podcast interview on Starship in SvD Ledarredaktionen

On Starship with astronaut Christer Fuglesang and Johan Köhler from the Swedish Space Agency. In Swedish.

Podcast

🎙️ Podcast interview on AI pause in SvD Ledarredaktionen

Podcast discussion on an AI pause. In Swedish.

Books

📚 I read 106 books in 2022, here are the best five

I thought zeppelins was a short-term experiment that consisted of the Hindenburg, and not much more. Boy, was I wrong! A book about airships vs airplanes is the best book of the year. I am as surprised as you are.

The Unmodern World

🗳️ Time to unite the democratic countries of the world

To accelerate the positive progress that democracy brings and to reduce the influence and harmful effects of dictatorships, the democratic countries of the world should cooperate in a new organization, an Alliance of Democracies.

Democracy

💸 The Dictator's Handbook and why Magnitsky sanctions could sink Putin

Dictators don't rule alone. Use the rules that keep dictators in power and target the group keeping Putin in place with super hard Magnitsky sanctions and we will undermine his brutal dictatorship.

Italy

🍕 We are staying in Italy for five months - part of the Airbnb trend

We saw the chance to skip the long and dark Swedish winter and headed for southern Italy. Little did we know we were part of a strong Airbnb trend.

Tesla

🥇 8 reasons Tesla will be the world's largest company — ever

How big will Tesla be? Nutty big. Like nothing we've seen before. Here are eight good reasons why.

Books

📚 The five best books I read in 2021

I read 95 books in 2021. Here are the five best -- and bunch of really good runner-ups.

Svenska

📡 Tips till nya digitaliseringsministern: Satsa på Starlink

Nye digitaliseringsminister:, Khashayar Farmanbar, borde vända blicken mot himlen. Där finns lösningen till att täcka hela Sverige med snabbt bredband. Nästa år kommer Starlink till Sverige. Svenska staten borde vara redo då.

Svenska

💻 Ett lifehack möjliggjort av Airbnb och internetförtroende

Tack vare Airbnb, EU, Duolingo och internet har vi kunnat skippa den svenska vintern och bor istället i södra Italien över vintern.

Svenska

📰 Diskussionen om negativa nyheter på infantil nivå

Infantila argument från Värmlands Folkblad i diskussionen om negativa nyhetsmedia visar att förståelsen för vad som är balanserade nyheter är låg inom nyhetsmedia.

Indistinguishable from magic

⌚ Indistinguishable from magic: Calling my wife from the lake using my watch

In his third law, science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke said: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." I recently experienced that magic.

Books

📚 How to read a lot of books every year

I read over a hundred books per year. It's not as hard to do as you might think. Here are my 5 tips to increase your reading.