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My Eureka! moment – A Methodological Breakthrough

My PhD research asks whether content-oriented Very Large Online Platforms and Search Engines, the kind the EU Digital Services Act…

dsa, Human Rights, Social Media, Surveillance Capitalism, technology
From a video on the Digital Services Act and proposed ban on teens from social media

Asymmetrical threat studies: Digital Citizenship, Sovereignty and Resilience

Digital issues have gained much-needed attention lately, especially following growing contention between the US and EU, particularly in relation to…

Asymmetrical Warfare, Cyber-politics, Cybersecurity, cyberspace, Human Rights, political science, Social Media

The Global Economic Chessboard: March 2026

Below is my analysis of the global economy as of early March 2026. We are witnessing a restructure of the global economy with turmoil ahead.

Asymmetrical Warfare, economy, geopolitics, global-economy, gold, silver

The Silver Squeeze -The White House Summit and the War for Resources

Last week, the Asymmetrical War shifted fronts. In an unprecedented gathering, representatives from 50 nations convened at the White House…

Asymmetrical Warfare, economy, finance, gold, investing, silver

The Hidden Fronts: Asymmetrical Warfare and Economic Weapons

Pax Americana is over with the US government proposing a new ‘Pax Silica’ which includes an agreement on precious minerals and microchip production.

Asymmetrical Warfare, china, Cyber-politics, economy, finance, international relations, investing, politics
The Engaged Scholar

Project Update: Methodology Consolidation and Nordic Focus

Over the past year, my PhD project has moved from conceptual exploration into a more consolidated and methodologically grounded phase.…

academia, cyberspace, democratic-theory, dsa, phd, political-science, Social Media, technology, vlops
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Attending the IGF ’25 in Lillestrøm

I’m currently attending the Internet Governance Forum in Lillestrøm Norway and am having a blast. This is the playground for…

cyberspace, Democracy, history, IGF, Internet Governance, news, philosophy, politics

Sidebar: History as Index – From Reality-Based to Algorithmically Authored

Another AI structured sidebar based on my theory of history-writing In response to a now-infamous quote attributed to a senior…

Using AI in academic research

I’ve formulated a theory on the difference between working with search-engines vs. working with AI in academic research. It has…

ai, artificial-intelligence, data-science, philosophy, technology, thoughts
Thorlaug, interview at Samstöðin

Security talks – interviews in Icelandic

Last week I’ve been busy on a ‘media campaign’, spreading myself thin, spreading knowledge (ok: FEAR and DOOM) about soft-cybersecurity…

Cybersecurity, cyberspace, Iceland, internet, psyops, Surveillance Capitalism, technology

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