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The crises we don't care about
Why do politicians engage for crises in the global north but look a different path when the crises happen in the south?
Jonas on TikTok is a bad idea
Jonas Gahr Støre has taken to Tiktok to reach young voters. But TikTok is not the place for either youth or politics.
A new pandemic is on the stairs
And it could be much worse than the COVID-19 pandemic.
We must not forget the victims of war outside of Europe
Millions could die of starvation this summer, partly as a consequence of the war in Ukraine. Also this year, Norway's Ukraine program should include countries in the south.
Standard for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence
How to manage AI risk? A guide for Norwegian businesses. A collaboration between EY and Langsikt
It shouldn't be up to you to say yes or no to Facebook
Privacy is not protected by focusing more on consent or deleting our profiles.
A lab leak may have started the corona pandemic
The corona pandemic has been the biggest global crisis of our time. It has cost millions of lives, trillions of dollars and inflicted countless other negative consequences on society. The origins of the pandemic remain an unanswered question. In this document, we review the available knowledge. Based on this, we assess it as of June 2024, as most likely that the pandemic was the result of an accident at a research laboratory in Wuhan, not from natural contagion from animals at the wet market close by. We also point out how both the political and scientific system have failed in dealing with the issue and thus stood in the way of designing a knowledge-based preparedness and prevention policy for future pandemics.
Weapons, Plague and Gold - Opportunities and Threats of New Biotechnology
The twin revolutions in biotechnology and artificial intelligence will, in the future, dramatically increase the ability of humans to decode and program genetic code. This gives us the ability to design completely new biological functions and organisms - called synthetic biology. Synthetic biology will, over the next few decades, create trillion-class values and help us solve challenges in climate, animal welfare, food supply, medicine, vaccines, biomaterials and many other areas. At the same time, synthetic biology can have disastrous consequences either as a result of mishaps or intentional damage. In order to harness the enormous benefits that biorevolution can bring us, while avoiding the greatest dangers, we need to develop precise and ambitious policies. Download the memo to read more about this topic. If you would like to read the memo that specifically deals with the origin of the corona pandemic, you can find it here: www.langsikt.no/en/publikasjoner/lablekkasje.
Constitution needs to be changed
May 17th may not be the day to criticize either the nation or constitution. But it has to be done.
Norwegian aid is like an emergency room where friends are treated first
And the Minister of Health decides what treatment should be given.
Media coverage
Greater climate risk for the Oil Fund than previously expected
Sondre Hansmark, senior advisor on climate, is interviewed by Green Central Banking about what Statens Pensjonsfond Utland (the oil fund) risks losing as a result of climate change.
“Mads” (18) does not exist—but so do the prejudices about him
Langsikt's AI advisor Anders Eidesvik is interviewed by Budstikka about why AIs create the cliché of “Bærumgsutten”.
Climate Tragedy: Are Politicians Failing the Future? A podcast with Eirik Mofoss
CEO of Lang, Eirik Mofoss, was on the podcast “Behind the news with Elin Ludvigsen” to talk about climate and disaster risks.
Summer interview with Sigrid Bratlie in Book365
In connection with the book “The Mystery of Wuhan”, Sigrid Bratlie was interviewed in Bok365 about reading plans for the summer.
Aksel Braanen Sterri on Dagsnytt 18 to talk about taxes on animal suffering
Aksel Braanen Sterri, Head of Department at Lang, wants to tax poor animal welfare. He debated SP politician on Dagsnytt 18 after reportage in Morgenbladet.
Eirik Mofoss and Fride Nordstrand Nilsen as co-authors in a Lancet commentary
The commentary presents recommendations from national expert groups for how Norway, Denmark and Germany can renew their leadership in global health.
Tellef Raabe becomes new AI expert in Langsikt
Media sociologist Tellef Raabe is moving to Oslo to strengthen the KI team at the think tank Lang.
Aksel Braanen Sterri wants tax on animal suffering
If the philosopher gets what he wants, the farmers will have to find something else to do — or start growing plants. Reportage with Chief Scientific Officer Aksel Braanen Sterri in Morgenbladet on how to improve animal welfare.
The think-tanks Civita, Agenda and Langjoin forces to urge Development Minister Åsmund Aukrust to take action. “Untimely,” replies the minister.
The think-tanks want answers on what tomorrow's billion-dollar aid will be spent on, and for the government to prioritise a new development policy announcement.
Reponse to Langsikt: Global Education Funds Are Not “Intermediaries”
Somalia's education minister and Haiti's former education minister disagree with Longsight's recommendation to cut support for global education funds.