Latitude 59

Something broke in the world of work after 2020. Companies got leaner, colder, and more ruthless. Employees got tired, detached, and quietly stopped believing. In this episode, I explore that silent tension: mass layoffs from profitable companies, the collapse of loyalty between employer and employee, and the deeper trap of building your identity around a job that can drop you overnight. Heraclitus saw it coming. Best regards, and until next time.

#ModernWork #WorkCulture #Burnout #GreatDetachment #Stoicism #Society #Pandemic #WorkLifeBalance #CriticalThinking #SpanSwede

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In the final chapter of *Cosmos*, Carl Sagan describes a world where nuclear weapons hold billions hostage, where military secrecy shields decision-makers from accountability, and where no one has been elected to speak on behalf of the human species. He wrote it in the Cold War. It reads like today's headlines. In this episode, we sit with that question — and ask ourselves why, forty years later, we still don't have an answer.

#CarlSagan #Cosmos #NuclearWeapons #Philosophy #CriticalThinking #HumanNature #SpanSwede #WarAndPeace #Existential #Science

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Artificial intelligence is already part of how most of us work, learn, and create. In this episode I reflect on how I use AI to optimize tasks and move faster — and where I've started to worry about what gets lost in the process. What happens to your own voice when a tool can generate it for you? Where is the line between using AI as support and outsourcing your thinking entirely? I also look at the bigger picture: the lack of regulation, the speed of adoption, and why, as with every technology before it, we may be moving faster than we understand the consequences.

#ArtificialIntelligence #AIEthics #Technology #FutureOfWork #AI #DigitalLife #Philosophy #CriticalThinking #Creativity #SpanSwede

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After returning to full-time work, I started noticing how little time we actually have for ourselves — not because time disappears, but because it gets taken, fragmented, and consumed before we can do anything with it. In this episode I reflect on the speed of modern life, the noise of technology, and the growing difficulty of keeping your own mind in order. Recorded alone in a dark forest near Stockholm in the middle of the night. Sometimes the quietest places are the ones where you finally hear yourself think.

#Stoicism #Seneca #Mindfulness #ModernLife #Clarity #Philosophy #Technology #Distraction #SpanSwede

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Before the world existed, Norse mythology places only three things: fire in the south, ice in the north, and between them an infinite abyss called Ginnungagap. From the meeting of those two forces, the first life emerged — a primordial giant, a cosmic cow, and eventually Odin himself. In this episode I tell the Norse creation story from the beginning, drawing on the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda. One of the most striking origin myths ever imagined, and the foundation of everything Viking culture believed about the cosmos.

#NorseMythology #Vikings #NorseHistory #Odin #Scandinavia #NordicCulture #Mythology #AncientHistory #CreationMyth #SpanSwede

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Swedish idioms follow a pattern you'll start noticing everywhere: two words, connected by "och" — and — creating a rhythm that's very specific to the language. But if nobody explains them, you'll hear them daily and still have no idea what people mean. In this episode I go through nineteen of the most common Swedish idioms, with their literal meaning, their real meaning, and an example sentence for each. Useful whether you're learning Swedish or just curious about how the language works.

#SwedishLanguage #LearnSwedish #SwedishIdioms #SwedishCulture #LanguageLearning #MovingToSweden #Scandinavia #LivingInSweden #Swedish #SpanSwede

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Two countries that couldn't look more different on paper: one in the frozen north, one stretching toward Patagonia. But dig a little into the history and something surprising emerges — a Swedish architect who shaped Argentina's capital, a poet who found his voice in the Argentine pampa, a 1903 Antarctic rescue that bound both nations together. In this episode I explore the unexpected threads connecting Sweden and Argentina, from immigration waves to human rights, from folk music to the asado. A personal episode for someone who has lived in both.

#Sweden #Argentina #SwedishHistory #ArgentineHistory #ExpatLife #Immigration #Scandinavia #LatinAmerica #History #SpanSwede

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Living in Sweden for so many years, coming from a very different cultural background, is not easy. Not even for many Swedes. In this episode, I reflect on why, after more than a decade, I’m still here. I talk about patience, learning, cultural curiosity, family, and personality. This is not an idealized view of the country, but an honest reflection on what keeps tipping the balance toward staying, despite doubts and the passage of time.

#sweden #livinginsweden #expatlife #movingabroad #lifeabroad #personalreflections #nordicculture #lifeinsweden #mindset

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I detta avsnitt delar jag med mig av mina personliga reflektioner kring vad som verkligen krävs för att bo i Sverige på lång sikt. Vi pratar om språk, anpassning, ensamhet, väder och mycket mer. Praktiska och emocinella insikter för dig som funderar på att flytta eller redan bor här.

#levaisverige #flyttatillsverige #expatliving #sverigeliv #integration #svenskalivet #boisverige #invandraresverige #svenskkultur #podcast

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If you're thinking about moving to Sweden, this episode is the one I wish someone had played for me before I packed my bags. After more than ten years living here, I can tell you that the biggest challenges are not the cold, the language, or the taxes — they're the ones nobody mentions upfront. In this episode I go through nine things you genuinely need to make life in Sweden work long term. Practical, honest, and occasionally uncomfortable.

#MovingToSweden #LivingInSweden #ExpatLife #SwedenExpat #SwedishLife #ImmigrantLife #Scandinavia #NordicLife #RelocatingAbroad #SpanSwede

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