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   by arojn 8y ago

   The average Swede isn't upper-middle class, at least not by Swedish standards. If you are upper-middle class in Sweden you have a lot of freedom that upper-middle class people in the US don't necessarily have. In Sweden you can st
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   by arojn 8y ago

   Scandinavia is, somewhat contrary to popular belief, great if you are upper-middle class. A similar life in the US would be prohibitively expensive. The problem is if you are middle class and paying for many system that you might not in eff
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   by arojn 8y ago

   I don't think many people see it as an immediate threat. But between unpredictable American policies affecting regional politics or the global economy, the Chinese bullying countries like Norway and the Russians trying to affect politi
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   by arojn 8y ago

   You have been able to book, as well as pay for, essentially any restaurant in China via WeChat for years. In Sweden most new services like authentication, payments or digital mail are by local companies. The world is increasingly routing ar
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   by arojn 8y ago

   That is part of probably one of the greatest misconception of our times (yes, slightly dramatic). When something (like information in this case) becomes abundant everything else (time, space, curation, access, price, guidance etc.) becomes