Bernie Sanders is certainly stirring up emotions on the other side of the pond. Unsurprisingly, being Swedish, I really believe he has the right vision for the US, but Paul Krugman has some interesting, and important, reservations. Maybe the US isn’t ready to join the EU just yet… ;)

… on the other hand, Thomas Piketty has an interesting historical perspective on American politics. For example, here’s something we don’t talk about much these days:

“From 1930 to 1980 – for half a century – the [tax] rate for the highest US income (over $1m per year) was on average 82%, with peaks of 91%.”

Aw… the memories;  ‘nuff said.

This has been all over Facebook lately, so I’m sure you’ve seen it already, and Apple’s response is spot on. What’s interesting is that the U.S. government (through the FBI) must have genuinely thought that Apple would comply. Does anyone have any insight into the legal grounding of the request, and the implications of Apples denial?

My friend, serial entrepreneur, and angel investor, Hampus Jakobsson, delivers some good, to-the-point, advice on pitching to investors. If you’ve got the startup itch, you should really read this. Twice.

I’m the chairman of Game City, a non-profit organization working to help game development activities in Southern Sweden. Together with Foo Café we’re arranging Game Maker Discovery Day on March 13 . The event is aimed at anyone who is interested in how games are created, no previous development knowledge is required. Ah, it will be great! :) Don’t miss if you’re in the Malmö area. 

Tobii is a Swedish startup developing eye-tracking solutions. It will be very interesting to see how this will change (improve?) gaming in the come years…