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Norad misunderstands the investigation instruction
The assistance is exempt from the state's assessment guidelines, which require alternatives to be considered before decisions are made. It shouldn't be, even if Ingvar Olsen at Norad thinks so.
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.
Media coverage
Sigrid Bratlie on podcast about GMOs, covid lab leaks and mutants
Sigrid Bratlie, Senior Advisor at Langsikt, is on Sunniva Rose's new podcast talking about why it's likely the covid virus leaked from a lab, what genetically modified organisms (GMOs) really are—and why GMOs can be really good.
This was impossible a short time ago
- It's spin wild. This is a whole new level, says Anders Eidesvik, KI advisor at Langsikt. He's referring to the new update to ChatGPT, which is far better at generating realistic images.
Aksel Braanen Sterri on Norsk Prepp's podcast on long-term preparedness
How do we prepare Norwegian society for the future? Aksel Braanen Sterri, Senior Vice President at Langsikt, shares his thoughts on preparedness, prepping and politics.
Eirik Mofoss on the radio program Trygdekontoret
Why are vitamins and mosquito nets the most effective aid? Managing director of Langsikt, Eirik Mofoss, discusses with Thomas Seltzer how simple solutions can save hundreds of thousands of lives.
Euractiv interviews Sigrid Bratlie about the introduction of EU GMO regulations after 22 years
The late introduction of the EU's GMO regulations in Norway is also a cause for concern internationally.
Is democracy solving the climate crisis?
Sondre Hansmark, senior adviser at Langsikt, discussed whether ballots are enough to get us out of the climate crisis, or whether it's time to rethink. The debate took place at the Varmere, Villere, Våtere 2025 climate festival.
- After the fall of the United States, Norway should take over the leadership jersey on global health security and preparedness
The Stoltenberg Committee on Global Health has written a chronicle of why Støre must take the lead in preventing a new (or worse) corona pandemic. Long-Term was one of the principals behind the Stoltenberg selection in the autumn of 2024.
Sigrid Bratlie at Dagens Medisin's five-year Covid-19 conference
Five years since Covid-19 - are we better prepared for the next pandemic? Senior Adviser Sigrid Bratlie and council member Camilla Stoltenberg, attended the conference on the occasion of the fifth anniversary. Recordings can be viewed in the link.
Serious criticism of Norwegian salmon farming
The Albert Schweitzer Foundation in Germany writes about serious conditions in Norwegian salmon farming, referring to the Langsikt note “Beneath the Surface: The Animal Welfare Crisis in the Farming Industry”.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs responds to the criticism in a new Langsikt policy note: “Will significantly damage the management and follow-up of Norwegian aid.
The Foreign Ministry rejects the foreign service being subsidised by aid and believes cuts in administration costs of half a billion kronor are a bad idea.