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- Results: Finland’s Basic Income Experiment Help Us Build the Post-Pandemic World https://www.demoshelsinki.fi/en/2020/05/08/letter-results-of-finlands-basic-income-experiment-will-help-us-build-the-post-pandemic-society/ 176 comments
- Thousands to receive basic income in Finland http://www.demoshelsinki.fi/en/2016/08/30/thousands-to-receive-basic-income-in-finland-a-trial-that-could-lead-to-the-greatest-societal-transformation-of-our-time/ 7 comments
- Finland is the first country in the world to experiment with automated vehicles in urban conditions http://www.demoshelsinki.fi/en/2016/11/01/which-is-better-human-or-machine-both-say-these-finnish-researchers/ 3 comments worldnews
- Thousands to receive basic income in Finland http://www.demoshelsinki.fi/en/2016/08/30/thousands-to-receive-basic-income-in-finland-a-trial-that-could-lead-to-the-greatest-societal-transformation-of-our-time/ 23 comments worldnews
- Thousands to receive basic income in Finland: a trial that could lead to the greatest societal transformation of our time http://www.demoshelsinki.fi/en/2016/08/30/thousands-to-receive-basic-income-in-finland-a-trial-that-could-lead-to-the-greatest-societal-transformation-of-our-time/ 82 comments europe
- In Finland, public libraries now supply free rentals of bikes, chairs, outdoor social games, and traditional instruments. Some even have karaoke booths. "We want to offer knowledge, but also experiences," says publicist Päivi Autere of Finland’s oldest library. http://www.demoshelsinki.fi/en/2016/04/10/helsinki-residents-take-back-their-city-no-chaos-necessary/ 3 comments books
- The Million Program in Sweden in 1965-1974 was one of the most ambitious public housing initiative in the world. It created a million new modern, affordable homes in a nation with just eight million people. http://www.demoshelsinki.fi/en/2016/03/04/this-is-the-suburb-of-the-future/ 55 comments europe
- Stockholm's central station plans to harness the body warmth of 250,000 daily commuters to produce heating for a nearby office block. The body heat would warm up water that would in turn be pumped through pipes over to a new office block. http://www.demoshelsinki.fi/en/2016/04/19/the-rise-of-the-carbon-neutral-nordic-city/ 49 comments europe
- The rise of the carbon-neutral Nordic city: Stockholm’s central station plans to harness the body warmth of 250,000 daily commuters to produce heating for a nearby office block. The body heat would warm up water that would in turn be pumped through pipes over to a new office block. http://www.demoshelsinki.fi/en/2016/04/19/the-rise-of-the-carbon-neutral-nordic-city/ 5 comments technology
- "Basic income will give all of us real freedom. The freedom to say, for example, no to a job that you don’t like or consider meaningless. This is actually a huge problem: a poll in the UK found that 37% of English workers consider their job to be ‘bullshit’." http://www.demoshelsinki.fi/en/2016/05/14/5-views-on-what-basic-income-should-be-and-why-it-matters-2/ 124 comments economy
- "The nature of work is changing, and we need a new social safety net that’s suited to these changes. Basic income will allow us to gracefully transition to a society where full employment is no longer the expectation...It gives us the security to figure out what humans are for in the 21st century." http://www.demoshelsinki.fi/en/2016/05/14/5-views-on-what-basic-income-should-be-and-why-it-matters-2/ 1044 comments technology
- Computers are 256 times faster today compared to the year 2000. http://www.demoshelsinki.fi/en/2016/06/29/how-giving-up-mobile-phones-saved-nokia-and-why-its-ready-to-take-over-the-world-again/ 12 comments technology
- A poll in the UK found that 37% of English workers consider their job to be ‘bullshit’. http://www.demoshelsinki.fi/en/2016/05/14/5-views-on-what-basic-income-should-be-and-why-it-matters-2/ 14 comments europe
- Finns love their libraries. The Finnish belief in the remedial power of information is great. Whatever the issue, be it public health, children’s education, traffic safety, basic home hygiene or some other social challenge, the Finnish solution is generally to increase information. http://www.demoshelsinki.fi/en/julkaisut/consider-it-solved-how-finland-will-solve-the-worlds-most-wicked-problems-2/ 115 comments books
- The fall of Nokia has decimated Finland's economy: "By 2000, Nokia accounted for a mindboggling 4% of Finnish GDP, 70% of Helsinki's stock exchange market capital, 43% of corporate R&D, 21% of total exports and 14% of corporate tax revenues. It was and still is unprecedented." http://www.demoshelsinki.fi/en/2015/03/12/how-nokia-backcasted-its-way-out-of-a-dead-end-and-why-your-company-should-do-the-same/ 167 comments europe
- TIL the fall of Nokia has decimated Finland's economy: "By 2000, Nokia accounted for a mindboggling 4% of Finnish GDP, 70% of Helsinki's stock exchange market capital, 43% of corporate R&D, 21% of total exports and 14% of corporate tax revenues. It was and still is unprecedented." http://www.demoshelsinki.fi/en/2015/03/12/how-nokia-backcasted-its-way-out-of-a-dead-end-and-why-your-company-should-do-the-same/ 63 comments technology
- "Basic income will give all of us real freedom. The freedom to say, for example, no to a job that you don't like or consider meaningless. This is actually a huge problem: a poll in the UK found that 37% of English workers consider their job to be 'bullshit'." http://www.demoshelsinki.fi/en/2016/05/14/5-views-on-what-basic-income-should-be-and-why-it-matters-2/ 56 comments politics
- 3/4 of Finnish people consider the welfare state worthy of its cost http://www.demoshelsinki.fi/en/2014/09/10/sustainable-growth-replaced-the-welfare-state/ 47 comments europe
- Many countries reach the same average life expectancy as the US with a fraction of the cost. For instance, the US pays over five times more for each additional year of life expectancy than Chile. http://www.demoshelsinki.fi/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/health-2050-four-scenarios-for-human-driven-health-and-freedom-of-choice.pdf 6 comments science
- "Basic income will give all of us real freedom. The freedom to say, for example, no to a job that you don’t like or consider meaningless. This is actually a huge problem: a poll in the UK found that 37% of English workers consider their job to be ‘bullshit’." http://www.demoshelsinki.fi/en/2016/05/11/5-views-on-what-basic-income-should-be-and-why-it-matters-2/ 69 comments politics
- Finns love their libraries. The Finnish belief in the remedial power of information is great. According to think tank Demos Helsinki, whatever the issue, be it public health, children’s education, traffic safety or some other social challenge, the Finnish solution is to increase public information. http://www.demoshelsinki.fi/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/TS_Report_EN.pdf 3 comments books
- In Finland, public libraries now supply free rentals of bikes, chairs, outdoor social games, and traditional instruments. "We want to offer knowledge, but also experiences," says publicist Päivi Autere of Finland’s oldest library. http://www.demoshelsinki.fi/en/2015/08/10/helsinki-residents-take-back-their-city-no-chaos-necessary/ 559 comments books
- "I would like to see a full universal basic income for all American adults, paid each month, at a sufficient level to eliminate poverty in the United States. However, to reach that point, I think it will likely be necessary to first introduce a smaller universal income" http://www.demoshelsinki.fi/en/2016/03/11/5-views-on-what-basic-income-should-be-and-why-it-matters-2/ 8 comments politics
- In 2010, Finland became the first country in the world to make Internet access a legal right. Now there are plans to make access to 100 Mbit/s Internet a legal right for all citizens. Nordic think tank Demos Helsinki lists the 10 principles to follow in a hyperconnected society. http://www.demoshelsinki.fi/en/2015/07/16/10-nordic-principles-for-a-hyperconnected-planet/ 154 comments technology
- "If all the internet-searches in Sweden are made with Google it’s OK, I don’t really care to be honest. But if all the cars are operated by Uber and all the houses are operated by Airbnb, it’s very very different. This is what digital becoming physical means." http://www.demoshelsinki.fi/en/2015/07/07/the-internet-of-no-things-demos-helsinki-founder-roope-mokkas-speech-at-almedalen-week/ 678 comments technology
- “As a service” models like AirBnb and Netflix are poised to take over—and why that’s a good thing http://www.demoshelsinki.fi/en/2015/06/30/why-you-wont-own-anything-soon-and-why-thats-a-good-thing/ 5 comments business
- How Nokia backcasted its way out of a dead end – and why your company should do the same http://www.demoshelsinki.fi/en/2015/05/28/how-nokia-backcasted-its-way-out-of-a-dead-end-and-why-your-company-should-do-the-same/ 4 comments business
- In the future, information and communication technology will become an integral part of our surroundings. The driving vision is a digital paradise; where users can live 'naked' – without carry-on gadgets. http://www.demoshelsinki.fi/en/2015/01/28/get-naked-with-nearables/ 3 comments technology
- “Apple has never been innovative. You could ask anyone in the early 2000s and they would have told you that one day all of us would have a computer in our pockets. Steve Jobs just decided that it should be Apple that made it happen.” http://www.demoshelsinki.fi/en/2015/01/28/get-naked-with-nearables/ 28 comments business