On Why I Enjoy Spending Public Holidays Alone

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Today is the 17th of May, Norway's constitution day. It's a super celebration, it's the one most celebrated day in Norway. It's extremely important for our community as a country. Everyone dress the same, eat the same, drink the same and do the same. People are ecstatic and look forward to it weeks before. Getting drunk is also on the menu.

Wikipedia
"Norway's Constitution Day is May 17 and commemorates the signing of Norways's constitution at Eidsvoll on May 17, 1814. It's usually referred to as syttende mai (May 17) or Nasjonaldagen (The National Day) in Norwegian."

But, guess where I'm at?
Home. Alone. Not only because I caught a cold and have lost my voice completely but as weird as I am, being in my own company during Holidays is one of my favourite things to do.
To me, it feels like the whole world stops, and I feel more alive than ever. I feel I'm in the center of the universe. Them clouds drift away in my head and it clears up. I feel empowered, I feel strength, I feel calmness, I feel love. Not that I don't do that on a regular basis but it levels up on days like that. When other people dive into chaos and over stimuli, I dig into focus and clarity. When others party their minds out, I colour my mind up with workshops of my own. Me time. 
I have no family in Oslo, no kids no boyfriend. Mother, father, siblings and grandparents are all in Stavanger. Which many of my best friends are as well. Even though this might sound as an excuse I'm not trying to let it be one. You see, even though I were in the same city on Holidays, I'm not sure if I'd spend it with them, and if I would it would simply be to please them. And I would not enjoy the day, at all.
Holidays are to me yes indeed Holy, sacred. It's time to celebrate in peace. Be as present as I can be. Especially New Years is highly important to me to spend alone. This is when I recharge completely, calm my mind, plan on where I'm going to go the upcoming year, connect with my inner core and put out intentions to the universe on what I'd like to happen next..

But I must be honest, I do not feel exactly super well and grateful for being alone today because the day suddenly came to be about getting well. That annoying cold ruined my plans. I was supposed to write, meditate and just have fun. But, not a chance. I slept until 2pm made food and now it is almost 4pm. The day is almost over and I didn't get to do a thing.

Well, as tragic as it is, I guess I'll end up just watch a boring movie.

Happy Birthday Norway!

When I was forced to walk the parade as a youngster.

When I was forced to walk the parade as a youngster.

Minimalist To The Core

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Could you live in a container? What is luxury to you? What is success to you? Why on earth do you need and want all those products, all that stuff? What is it that you really need to be happy?


I met amazing Kari Schibevaag in Lofoten last week. Kari is a hard core kiter - world champion on both snow and water. A total rockstar! But the reason behind my visit was actually because of her living situation. She lives in a container on a beach in Lofoten far away from any big city. What makes her do that? Could I do that?
Well, after meeting Kari, who is super excited about the fact that she lives on the country side I'm not even slightly more convinced on me living far away from city life but it was super interesting to hear her brag about all the things possible to do in such a small village. She said she didn't have enough time to do all the stuff she wanted to do there. I guess thats only because of the character which she is, she has loads of ideas, she's very spontaneous, energetic, active, driven and has loads of ideas. So, of course there is no problem for her to find stuff to do. She loves to surf for hours at a time and when you live on the beach, night and day is open to your demand.

But what I really like about Kari is that she is a true minimalist, she doesn't own anything but her car and her container. All the rest she has found or been gifted, How amazing is that?
That's basically how I live too, in a way. I live super simple, and love it. The only things I own besides clothing, books and sleeping stuff is a working desk. (not counting the super important society stuff; computer and phone) I even think I have way too much. I'd like to live just in a container or mini smart house. You see, I hate owning things, I really really dislike it. Disgust it indeed. The more I own the more suffocated I feel. Totally claustrophobic. The less stuff I own the more freedom flows through my veins. That's the ideal living situation for me. Owning nothing, living smart and small and use all my money and spare time(and work) on experiences.
World Economic Forum predicts that in 2030 we wont own anything. This due to how technology will permeate the way we live and how the sharing and circular economy might pave the way for our new habits. Kari is an inspiration. But we need more pioneers to be our guides to tell us it is ok to live different.
Watch the video below to see if living simple could be something for you?

Here is a netflix film on minimalism if you'd like to give it a further check out

And a few books on minimalism by no other than "the minimalists".

Week In Review - May 14th

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Week 3 of Office X is over. 7 more to go. Damn, time flies. I've had one of the best weeks in a while. Office X pluss reconnecting with the startup community. That San Francisco feeling entered my body and stuck for a bit. It's about to slowly fade but.. It was there! Times them are a-changing here in the smallest of Oslo.

So here is the wrap of what I've got across this week :)

AUTOMATION

This is why you want a robot coworker - watch the movie below.

TRANSPORTATION

Uber is set to deploy flying taxis in Dallas-Fort Worth and Dubai by 2020 :D

The new ET3's tube transportation concept, which is called the "mag-lev limo." would be capable of traveling from New York to Beijing in 2 hours. Amaziiiiing.
“ET3: we call it a mag-lev limo, where it’s a car-sized vehicle that operates in a network of tubes much [like] cars on a freeway,” Oster told TechRepublic at the 2017 Smart Cincy Summit. “But, it would be international and global in scope.Our vision is being able to travel from, say, here in Cincinnati to the Taj Mahal in under three hours for 50 bucks,” Oster added. Essentially, it’s a network of tubes that serve as a “freeway” which can be accessed via various points along its many routes."

Meet Horizon Public Transport, another way to be transported in the future. Whoho!

Cars with Ears
A sense of hearing is set to make cars safer and more reliable.
Startup OtoSense makes software that can listen for sirens or engine trouble.


LIFE SCIENCES #LONGIVETY

Perhaps our telomers might the key to unlock immortality. 

 

Elon Musk: Tesla's Solar Roofs Will Be Cheaper Than Regular Roofs and Have "Infinity Warranty". Well isn't that aaaamazing news!
This week, Elon Musk announced that Tesla's solar roofs would be on sale starting now!

Germany breaks a record for renewable energy, generating 85% of its power from renewable sources on April 30.The country expects such days to become the norm as it continues its push toward clean energy adoption.


FASHION

Omg I cant wait for the time where its normal not to own anything and if you need something you just print it on demand. Perhaps its usual to have your own 3Dprinter or you'll find one pretty close through an sharing economy app.
Well, the first awesome one is about to enter the market. Kniterate. Check out their kickstarter campaign here.
 

FUTURE SOCIETY

Bill Gates has 7 predictions for the future
 

COOL GADGETS

"The Underwater Jetpack"

SINGULARITY HUB'S PICKS OF THE WEEK

Katapult Future Fest Turned Oslo Magical

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#thatburningmanfeeling

I rarely regret things, I can't remember last time I carried that feeling. But since Thursday 11:30 pm it's been there. Big time. And it's SUPER annoying. Because I certainly can not get the moment back.. For all of you regretters out there.. I don't wish for you to keep regretting. I know that a lot off people easily regret things. Perhaps because of fear of missing out on the good stuff. But WOW, not worth it. Ability to live in the present disappears completely.
So here is the thing, Thursday and Friday I attended the Katapult Future Festival. And boy it was great! Haven felt so good in ages. A tiny tony Burning Man entered my body and sensation hit my soul(just a fraction of it, but yet it was there) nearly two years since last time.  So something was up, and this was in OSLO. Not SF, not California, not Burning Man. Everyone wore burning manish crazy clothing that the founder of Couch Surfing was sowing in a corner. And in the evening there was a huge party in the amazingly big sauna, everyone including the speakers where dancing for hours sweating like pigs in bikinis and towels and I was dancing like I haven't done for months or years.. Since burning man and Daybreaker.. I had SUCH a good time. People from all over the world was there, mainly from SF and US though, but exactly the kind of people I like. The people who wants to change the world and make it to a better place .I left the party/katapult evening party WAY to early. Normally I don't care too much about the typical Norwegian partying (and seldom go out too party)  but on Thursday I had such a good time I didn't want to leave. I felt I was in San Francisco all over again.

Well. So to the point of my regret. I left the party early and I even regretted it the moment I sat my foot out of the door. Fuck. Why on earth did I even leave when? I left because I had to go to work 7 am the next day and I was sure there would be as much partying the next day. But. Turned out, people partied so hard that no one was up for a party later in the evening. Completely different atmosphere. How silly was IIIII!! I knew I was going to miss out so whyyy, it's a year to next time and I certainly wont be going to burning man in the meanwhile, No plans to go to SF either... Well.. I hope I can figure out a good way to enter that state of mind and connect with great people and just play around again in not too long. Who's up for that!??

Next year, Katapult Future Fest for Sure!!

If you are one of the people who often feel regret. Go for a choice and don't look back. Stop doubting just choose one and then it's all over and move on. Try to hypnotize yourself to that it wasn't any other choice. Done is done and believe in your choice. If you keep regretting you wont be living in the moment, and living in the past is the worst when you have the option to live in the present. Done is done. It was the right thing. Move on. If you spend your whole life regretting things, then of course something might be wrong. Maybe you are not chasing that dream of yours? Then start doing it. Do not let fear get in the way :)

Here are some photos from the day and videos to get your in the mood.

My Lofoten Dream Came True

Today one of my many dreams came true; I sat my foot in Lofoten. This destination has always felt like this kind of magical place to me. This, of course, because of the stunning photos and videos you see and what people tell you. I've been planning to go for a long time, I just haven't had the chance yet but today finally the tables turned and it became a fact.

Office X was on a quest to find someone who lived outside a city and in which case we were able to target the amazing Kari Schibevaag, a world champion kite surfer. The reason for the interview was her not so normal way of living, quite untraditional really and I guess many Norwegians would call her rather weird and crazy. A bit mental even. She lives in a container on the beach up north in Lofoten among almost no other people. What the heck made her make that choice?

Well, to me her choice is understandable. I'd love to live in a container with huge windows in the middle of nature but what I couldn't stand is live in such a far distance away from a city. Then I mean a big city, like Oslo. Even oslo is a bit small to me. (SF = perfect)So I could definitely not be farther away then Bygdøy hehehe

Another thing I couldn't stand is the fact that its super cold and dark most parts of the year. I even freeze summer time in Oslo. How could I possibly survive and live happily there? (Again perfect temperatures for me is SF) Actually I am aiming to live in a minihouse like this or in a huge large hotel coliving place in the warmth somewhere.. Hopefully in not too long..

I'm pro living simple and owning nothing. At the moment im 28 and all the furniture I own is a working desk. The rest of what I own are clothes, shoes and books. I even think I have too much, when I move around it ends up looking way too much. I wish i could just fit everything in a suitcase. The less stuff I have the more freedom i feel. I can breathe. I guess thats how Kari feels too. Both me and Kari definitely are what you can name a minimalist. A cool and super interesting thing is that World economic forum predicts that this is the way we all are going that by 2030 you will own nothing. All products have become services, lots of things have become free, like travel and that you spend your money on is experiences. Im not sure how it will be with housing but I guess we will all rent? This is thanks to the shared and circular economy which is falling over us like a tsunami. Seriously I can't wait for the future to arrive its gonna be so beneficial for us and mother earth times trillions!

So conclusion, I want to be able to make new friends and old friends when ever I feel like it. And I also wan to be able to go to interesting events and so forth. Even though I love nature, and spend lots of time alone, I am a city girl by heart. I like people, I like experiences..Period.

Yes, indeed Lofoten was more than amazing. If Kari starts renting her house on Airbnb you really should book it right away, go there with your partner, you won't regret it. What hit me was that that's one of the best places in the world to propose to your loved one. It would be quite difficult to avoid a yes then. Laying in her bed... looking at the stunning view. Omg. Breathless and speechless. That would be the most memorable happening ever.

So, it really gave me a taste for  more and next time I'll make sure to be there in end July/August when the heat has set for a few weeks.

Thanks for a wonderful day Kari!! 

Week in Review - May 5th

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This week was a great week for me. Filled with achievements and sense of mastery. 
I had my first LIVE Talkshow Ever. 3 guests and it went well. I've been dreaming about it for such a long time, and NOW. Finally.. wow on my birthday 2nd of May I got that as a gift from the universe. Quite happy about that!

I also did something I haven't considered ever; having my birthday public on Facebook. Regardless of I not having it visible people started to comment on my wall and I actually felt good about it. I've always had this ambivalent feeling of my birthday.. I stopped celebrating it at the age of 11 and haven't done it ever since.. but.. at my 28th Birthday it felt different. So, the next day I went on and hit public birthday on my Facebook. So, next year I'll get some more comments I guess. Reconnecting with people I haven't hear from in a long time. Not too bad!

So, whats been up lately around the web? Sadly I haven't been reading too much this week but the few things I've been digging through I'll post here :D

Hope this sparks some inspiring thoughts and talks!

By The Way You Can Watch Office X Episode Of The Week (Number 2) Below!
Topic: "The Future of Jobs" 

SPACE

I've been reading for years about these Fast Radio Burst that is inexplicable to scientists. I find it quite fascinating and I keep believing in a theory that it actually is advanced extraterrestial beings in the making of these. I came across the story once again this week in an article telling that Harvard Scientists now believe the same by Futurism. It's quite interesting. Read more here!

BIG DATA

“The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data”, argues The Economist, and “if governments don’t want a data economy dominated by a few giants, they will need to act soon. Also read this "data is giving rise to a new economy"

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

 “Our best protection from powerful AI will be their lack of interest in us, because most species’ biggest enemy is their own kind. They will pay about as much attention to us as we do to ants.
Brilliant interview with Jürgen Schmidhuber, the less well-known pioneer of many breakthrough AI technologies.

Melinda Gates is up to something cool. She and her compagnon Fei- Fei Li wants to fix the diversity problem.

HEALTH & MEDICINE

How this technique could solve the organ shortage crisis is extremely fascinating. Science <3

AI can predict strokes and heart attacks better than a doctor. Why trust a doctor when you know the AI is right?

Brain Surgery Robot - Researchers believe their surgery-assisting robot is capable of performing complex brain surgeries. The machine can reduce the time of surgeries by cutting down the time it takes to cut into the skull from two hours to two and a half minutes. 
Pill Robots Infographics

Scientists just surgically moved HIV DNA from Live Animals !

Stem cells <3
Stem cell gul heals burns. Results of a 10 years regenerative research!

CLEAN ENERGY

Reusable poop. he he. Our poop can now be turned into fuel. 

EDUCATION

These 5 big tech trends are changing how we learn.

FUTURE SOCIETY

Scott Santens is a writer and an advocate for universal basic income. His articles have been featured in TechCrunch, Boston Globe, and Politico, among others. Listen to the interview in Exponential View here.

The internet is transforming our physical world
A digital platform economy is developing as a result of the rise of the Internet of Things. This removes the middleman and creates a more efficient economic market.

Five science mysteries that I'm pretty sure that AI will solve. It's way too hard of a problem for us basic humans.

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Solitude Bliss

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There is one thing I could never live without. Privacy. I need it so desperately so often. Time for myself to reflect, reconnect, recharge and ground a little extra. Do the things I really enjoy doing.
Read, write, draw, plan for future events. I get lots of inspiration when in this state, and happiness hugs me. Some people like meditating sitting still and close their eyers for ten minutes but this is my meditation. It's wonderful. This feeling, there is no better. Even if I'm in a relationship this is something I value the most and need to carve out time for. A time for me to digest what's going on, be completely present, be alive and enjoy myself fully. The only sad thing is that time flies by when I'm in this state. Or it feels slow in the minute because of my presence but then boom I look at my watch and time is almost up. 
Today is such a day. It's Sunday, it's completely quiet in my building and I'm so relaxed. I wish I had a week of this to come. Hehe, nah.. Not that much, I actually look very much forward to go to work this week. (I'm going to Lofoten!!!!)
If I don't get my precious time in solitude I stop functioning on every other level in life. It's not only wanted it's crucial. I guess that's how it is to be an extraverted introvert. 
So today I'm gonna enjoy some reading, making some banana pancakes and write my weekly blogpost. Have a great day :))

Choose Your Friends Wisely

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From an early age I've been very cautious about who I've chosen to be my friends. And I must say I've been fortunate to be able to do so because of my skill in making friends. I've made friends easily at both an early age and as a grownup. I know this might be hard if you are not super extroverted.. How it works for me: I can see a public speaker which is super inspiring to me while he/she gives a talk and afterwards I approach them and ask if they'd like to meet up for coffee, most times they say yes, I'm actually not sure if I've ever met someone who's said no. Most people are open for new friendships... And this are how som of my friendships starts.


Anyhow, my point being, there is this saying that you end up becoming the 5 people you spend the most time with. And thats a big deal if you ask me. I'd rather not be a depressing woman only talking shit about other peoples back and not growing as a person, so in order to not fall into that category I need to take action.


I've let friends come and go into my life, because I've always been interested to grow as a person. I've always felt that if a person stop inspiring me or don't do it at all from the very first time, or isn't teaching me something, either during our conversations or just through their actions or behaviour, and if I do not feel unconditional love there is nothing for me to get out of it. If a person for instance has a big ego there is really not much to get out of it.

When high school was over I cut loose them unhealthy and boring relationships and went out searching for inspirational peeps to surround myself with, and I've found many on my way but it's actually not until 2016 I've found people who stood out to me as amazing human beings here in Norway. Every time I think about them I become happy, every moment with them is like a birthday present, and they inspire all of the actions I do in life. They cheer for me and I cheer for them. We have such interesting and educational conversations when together. Conversations that matter. It's friendship taken to a whole new level. With them I develop. With them I grow. They want to change the world and they do it. They wake up every day to make the world a better place for others in their work and as a hobby. To me there is no bigger inspiration than that. Thats the people I value, Thats the people I want to be my friends. In order to be the best version of me I need to surround myself with people who push me forwards. People who want me to grow. I make sure that all of my friends comes from a place of love and are in a mission in life to serve others.

Note to self: Get rid of toxic relationships, run away. If your closest friend drain you or just talks bad about others run away. It doesn't help you grow or become the best of you. Perhaps it's your boyfriend, perhaps it's your best friend, perhaps its your mum or sister, og just another friend you hang around sometimes. STOP! You and your time is precious. Remember that. It's precious. 

 

My First Office X Talkshow Episode! (Birthday + the amazing gift!!)

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WOHO!!!😀 Crazy, but today I hosted my very first LIVE TALKSHOW episode!! 2nd version of #officetalk!!!! Not only that but it's my birthday, how amazing is this universe, giving me the perfect gift, something I've been dreaming about doing my whole life, and NOW at the age of 28 I was ready! Thank you universe!
The topic was: "What's the future of jobs?"
I had the pleasure of interviewing the amazing Silvija Seres, Elin Nørve and Anders H. Lier !! 
Thank you so much! I had a blast!! As we mentioned in the end - if you want to learn more check out Katapult Future Fest , Oslo Freedom Forumand Future Leaders Global !!
WHAT A DAY!!

Week In Review - April 30th

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I haven't had that much time to read this week due to my new (amazing!!) job. I've learned a ton but mostly from my own experiences. I held my first podcast and did some smaller interviews, and yes indeed went to Trondheim I've been researching a lot and I've actually done some sweet social media work. I shared my Trondheim interview on Facebook. And I've reached 10k on 35 hours. Not too bad! The wonders of Social Media outshine everything.

So what's happened this week out and about in the whole wide world?
Well, this week Trump celebrated his 100th day as a President. How do you think he is doing?

I hope this sparks some good reflections and conversations and I wish you a good week :)
 

TRANSPORTATION

Uber just promised flying taxis to life in the 3 years. Incredible. Read more here

And yeah, in case you missed it, Elon Musk has revealed what his Boring Machine Company is up too. He is officially digging tunnels under LA. Say good bye to traffic.

 

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

A robot just taught another robot to read. Times they are a-changening.

 

Within 30 years, your CEO probably most likely actually will be a machine. At least according to clever Jack Ma, The Chinese billionaire and the founder and chairman of popular e-commerce service Alibaba. He has had some accurate predictions earlier and if I could give my vote in this case thats what I believe as well. I will even go further.. Believing that one day our Presidents and Prime Ministers and other leaders will actually be machines too. No doubt. They're smarter, faster, has better memory and can work 24/7. And are not even driven by their inner feelings. They just follow logic basically. Or a logic they will understand but we won't. We would just have to trust them.
“The Time Magazine cover for the best CEO of the year very likely will be a robot. It remembers better than you, it counts faster than you, and it won’t be angry with competitors.”
Perhaps this will be the new saying, "Why trust a man when you have a machine"
 

FUTURE SOCIETY

Next List 2017: 20 People Who Are Creating the Future
"Microsoft will build computers even more sleek and beautiful than Apple’s. Robots will 3D print cool shoes that are personalised just for you. (And you’ll get them in just a few short days.) Neural networks will take over medical diagnostics, and Snapchat will try to take over the entire world. The women and men in these pages are the technical, creative, idealistic visionaries who are bringing the future to your doorstep."

I'm really pro the Venus project (Watch video below) I've been it since I first heard of it. I haven't yet share what this is all about with you so in my feed this week the video popped up again so I thought I should share it. It's bruning man way of an economic system. Yep NO money. A world without money. It functions very well in Burning Man. All we need to do is alter our mindset towards how a society structure is "supposed to" be.

 

Are you one of the Universal Basic Income sceptics? Well, then this article is for you. Its also for you guys who'd like to back up your opinion and thoughts with facts. Read it and save it.
You should also check out the Infographics Futurism has made on the topic.
Further reading here and here.

Silicon Valley executives are hiring philosophers to teach them to question everything. Not a bad idea when people now really have to change and adapt rapidly.

 

HEALTH & MEDICINE

CRISPR Pill May Be Key in Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance

It's no news that lack of sleep may lead to mental disorders. So, scientists are constantly searching for ways to improve our sleep. This blanket, Gravity, I totally believe in. It's actually a thing I do myself if I want to assure myself a good night sleep, I find as many doves and blankets as I can so that I can get lots of pressure on my body. So, MIT studies have shown that it can treat anxiety while you sleep! If you suffer from sleep disabilities and other psychological issues go buy this! The science behind it

 

AUTOMATION

Amazon’s Plan to Dominate the Shipping Industry—With Almost No Humans Involved—Is Taking Shape
In the future, it could be possible to place an Amazon order and have it show up at your door without a single human touching it.
 

EARTH & ENERGY

The Very Hungry Plastic-Eating Caterpillar
"People produced 311 million tons of plastic in 2014, and that figure is set to double in the next 20 years. Around 40 percent of that consists of polyethylene, in the form of plastic bags, containers, and other products, much of which ends up in landfills. Could the waxworms help to break down that mountain of persistent trash?"
 

BIOTECH

Engineering the Perfect Astronaut
Experiments have begun to alter human cells in the lab. Can they be made radiation-proof? Can they be rejiggered to produce their own vitamins and amino acids?

So, the first head transplantation happened and it apparently went well. Check it out

 

BRAIN

Facebook Launches "Moon Shot" Effort to Decode Speech Direct From the Brain

"If all goes according to plan—and that’s a big if—Building 8’s neural prosthetic would strap onto a person’s head, use an optical technique to decode intended speech and then type those thoughts on a computer or smartphone at up to 100 words per minute. This would be an order-of-magnitude faster than today’s state-of-the-art speech decoders."

 

VR/AR

Google brings the world to life in the new version of Google Earth.

FUN

Feeling extra adventurous ? You can now visit Titanic..

Exponential Growth In Oslo Startup Scene

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Hardly a day goes by without 2-3 future/startups/tech related events are being held here in Oslo. Not only that but coworking spaces keep popping up EVERYWHERE. Huge conferences are arranged and people are even mapping the startup communities in books here. Pretty crazy. And now, this TV and socialtainment concept Office X is going mainstream. To me, that says a LOT about Norway and where we are heading. I'm amazed. It's such a difference from when I first entered the startup scene a few years back, really, I had to leave for The Bay Area to enter a real startup community. But.. Now, It's like we woke up from years of sleep in a cave and when we first woke up we got really really excited and now its running around trying to learn everything. We fail and we succeed, every day feels like a completely new journey And best of all, I feel nation wise that we are togehter, I feel more community amongst people now than ever its really minimal but I can see things are changing, slowly but steady.

I just had to write this cause I'm so amazed of how rapid the movement are hitting us as a positive wave. Even though the future might be scary, if we stick together it's less so.

The country I once fled away from is surprisingly enough becoming a country I'd like to spend time in. Oslo and California. Right Now, best places on earth.

Let's keep up the good work Norway <3

My Very First Podcast!!

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Yesterday I made my veeerry first podcast! Omg I've been looking so much forward to this day!!
It turned out really really well because of my amazing guest Mathias Mikkelsen, Founder of Timely. If you are interested in learning more about starting your own business or perhaps you know someone who is about to start something or just want to you should definitely listen and/or forward it :D

 

First Officetalk is a Wrap! Whoop!

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So, first Officetalk aired today. Wow! Must say congraz to this brave young lady who nailed it first try. LIVE! Iven Opsahl is this talented woman's name. So envious actually, her perfect performance makes me pretty nervous about my own. yikes. But everyone can't be a flawless host first time out.
Topic of the show "why is innovation important and what does it mean to start a business?
Guests: Rolf Assev Pål T Naess Shafi Adan 
Follow office x on facebook for more updates

Topic of the week "How to start and run your own business!"

Tomorrow an interview I've done will be posted and I'm going to record my first podcast. Wish me luck!

Silicon Valley’s Secret Sauce: Montessori

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All of Silicon Valley's most successful businessmen/women has one thing in common: their Montessori educational background. To me it seems like it's the best offer to learn and grow in the best way possible. I'm so envious. I've always been envious of people growing up in California especially on those in The Bay Area. The weather, the culture, the mentality and even the schools are better. Why the heck was I born in Norway? Where is that logic from? Well. Can't do anything about it. I'd like to see my future kids to grow up there though. I'm not sure that will ever be a possibility but.. I'll keep hoping. Meanwhile it's good to know that there are other opportunities cause the Montessori school is found here in Oslo as well.

But what is Montessori?

The Montessori is a school you can attend from a toddler age throughout high school.
Wikipedia describes it like this "The Montessori education is a system of education for young children that seeks to develop natural interests and activities rather than use formal teaching methods."

It is specialized to follow the kids natural curiosity and learn from there. Every child is unique and thus the education is.  The education has seven pillars of self-directed learning:

1. Independence
2. Responsibility
3. Self-Discipline
4. Leadership
5. Initiative
6. Academics
7. Lifelong Learning

So.. There most be something to it when all of the examples mentioned below are Montessori graduates.

  • Larry Page and Sergei Brin, the founders of Google
  • Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon
  • Will Wright, the inventor of best-selling video games series “The Sims”
  • Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia
  • Thomas Edison, the American inventor
  • Other prominent people who went through Montessori education include Taylor Swift and Beyonce Knowles, celloist Yo-Yo Ma, legendary management guru Peter Drucker, actor George Clooney, illusionist David Blaine, author Helen Keller, techno-philosopher Jason Silva and English royals Prince William and Prince Harry.

Below is a describing video of difference between conventional school and the Montessori.
It's such genius that it should've been embraced by the whole wide world long time ago.

If you want to dig deeper into the story behind it here is a documentary about the amazing woman behind the concept.

Week In Review - April 23nd

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This week F8 2017, the Facebook Developer Conference. At the event, CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed key details about where the company is going next, specifically focusing on what Facebook is working on in relation to bots, virtual reality, augmented reality, and new communication methods (such as advances they are working on in Messenger).. I've always been wanting to go there... Perhaps in a few years?
On my side the pre-work week took place and we moved in to our office at Skøyen. It starts looking like something but we are looking for decorations, so if you have any idea or stuff you'd like to show the world - come by!

The F8 conference got kicked off by this keynote by Mark Zuckerberg. Wort watching. At least for the first 20 minutes.

If you just read one thing of this sum up read this on by Tim Urban on Brain computer interference "Neuralink and the brains magical future" . Whenever Tim Urban comes out with a new post I scream halleluja. He has some great insights on tech and future society and in his blogposts he explains complex things in an easily graspable way. Highly recommend you to check his blog out and read the parts describing the AI Revolution, Elon Musk and The Fermi Paradox. Apparently Elon likes him too.
 

VR/AR

Facebook launched Facebook Spaces, a social virtual reality platform. You can go, teleport and do anything anywhere with you friends! Woho. Magic is here!

Both Snapchat and Facebook did a launch this week on their new augmented reality feature. Snapchat has released it for the mainstream while Facebooks version is still in Beta trial. But Im not in doubt of which version I can't wait to be using.

Check out the difference:

Facebook Version

Snapchat

What's your your pick

HEALTH AND MEDICINE

A New “CRISPR Pill” Makes Bacteria Destroy Its Own DNA
Many people have been talking for ages about the anxiety of antibiotics resistance. I've had this inner feeling that it wont be a problem cause we will have so much knowledge in biotechnology that we will find a better way to solve it. And now it seems that we are almost spot on to something thats even better. Yes you hear me, it's better than antibiotics!
CRISPR, the most advanced gene editing technique of today, is used and a Food scientist is creating this probiotic cocktail that can be swallowed as liquid or as a pill. 
In depth: The cocktail of bacteria will include a bacteriophage – a virus that infects bacteria – capable of carrying a customized, false, CRISPR message to C. difficile. This message would cause C. difficile to make lethal cuts to its own DNA.

Google's Health Study Seeks 10,000 Volunteers to Give Up Their Medical Secrets.
Google is about to start of the most comprehensive study ever done in history being used to research disease and how to cure it. Google <3
“No one has done this kind of deep dive on so many individuals. This depth has never been attempted,” says Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, a physician researcher at Stanford University who is one of Baseline’s investigators. “It’s to enable generations to come to mine it, to ask questions, without presupposing what the questions are.”
In googles own words: WE'VE MAPPED THE WORLD. NOW LET'S MAP HUMAN HEALTH. Great!

 

SPACE

Well, soon we can easily just 3D print our house when we get to Mars in no time. All we have to do is use the Martian dust and bring a machine. 
 

 

Scientists Just Discovered an Alien Planet That’s The Best Candidate for Life As We Know It
"Only a few decades ago, the thought of any alien planets existing in the reaches of space were just hypothetical  ideas. Now, we know of thousands of such planets – and today, scientists may have discovered the best candidate yet for alien life."
YES! The Fermiparadox is just why we haven't found anyone to communicate with. BUT there is this one thing far far away trying to communicate with us or something is happening that in unexplainable. You can read more about that venture here. I believe they are there we just haven't figured out a way to find them yet. An possibly they dont even look like we expect. They probably merged with machines long time ago and might just like like atoms that can turn themselves into anything whenever they want. Well, I'll stop right here with the far out thoughts of mine.
 

ENHANCED HUMANS

Zuckerberg: Facebook Is Working on a Brain Interface That Lets You “Communicate Using Only Your Mind”

Already back a few years ago I heard that Facebook was deep into AI and neuralnets and was working on some brain computer interface where you actually can communicate with your peers by just thinking. And.. Soon.. you can update your FB status by pure thought. Like the old fashioned telepathy. Which many people refuse to believe in.
But well, we're almost there technology wise.
                                                      

Elon Musk Just Outlined How He’ll Merge The Human Brain and AI
Again Elon creates headlines. This week he in detailed announced how is company Neuralink will work. Elon Musk Just Outlined How He’ll Merge The Human Brain and AI

 

FUTURE SOCIETY

Neil deGrasse Tysons Post on his Facebook Page this week went viral. 21,5m views so far. An important message from a wise man. In the video, he warns that science denial could cause our democracy to collapse.

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Announcement, A Cool One!

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I just got elected as one of four communicators in the Nordic Screens production Office X which is a social media and TV series concept initiated by NHO, Finans Norge, Rederiforbundet, Virke, Spekter and Civita.
It's an amazing project aiming to figure out where the future lies for Norway now when the exponential technology shift is marching towards us and how to prepare for it. 
If you are curious about this too - definitely follow us on Facebook, Youtube, Instagram and my Facebook page and my Instagram profile will be updated frequently. But! I'll also sometimes post here and on my own youtube channel :) I hope you'd like to join in on our journey!

It starts this Monday with live streams on Facebook and Youtube and will continue until July 2017. Only ten weeks sadly... Well! Let's Rock it when we can!
We will arrange weekly talkshows and podcasts and miniseries and a weekly one. Tune in or come by our office at Skøyen, Oslo, if you like! We'd love that!

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And yes.. Btw, our last interviewer and final decision maker was The Prime Minister of Norway, Erna Solberg. How crazy is that? Pretty absurd if you ask me. So the the interviewing process was heavy enough with the CEO of NHO and Visma and so on. I'm flattered that I manage to stick through. It was heavy..!