Tag: Dystopia

  • The battle for the green transition

    The battle for the green transition

    The climate crisis worsens with each passing year and the main culprit in the drama is the continued dependence on fossil fuels. To solve this, the global energy supply must be switched to renewables – to sun, wind and water. Some believe that this one the green transition will not only solve the climate crisis…

  • Hear the expert ahead of Monday's NATO vote

    Hear the expert ahead of Monday's NATO vote

    Good morning world February 25 Hour 1 Hungary's parliament opens tomorrow – will the last obstacle to Sweden's NATO entry now be cleared away? Grief work with the Swedish self-image as a neutral and moral great power Report from the eastern parts of Ukraine now that the war has entered its second year The EU…

  • Loneliness

    Loneliness

    Elderly who die isolated and forgotten in their homes, new arrivals who fail to make any Swedish friends, and many thousands of people who just want someone to talk to. Why does it look like this, and what does loneliness do to our society? Loneliness is often described as the new national disease. There is…

  • On the threshold of NATO, the billionaire who was not allowed to buy schools and Tiktok's rabbit hole

    On the threshold of NATO, the billionaire who was not allowed to buy schools and Tiktok's rabbit hole

    Hour 1 Hungary's parliament opens tomorrow – will the last obstacle to Sweden's NATO entry now be cleared away? Grief work with the Swedish self-image as a neutral and moral great power Report from the eastern parts of Ukraine now that the war has entered its second year The EU investigates whether the platform Tik-tok…

  • The zombie expert's prepper guide if the crisis comes

    The zombie expert's prepper guide if the crisis comes

    During the People and Defense National Conference this week, Commander-in-Chief Micael Bydén urged the Swedish people to think through how they, as private individuals, will act if war comes. Hear Freddri Ramelproducer at P3 Dystopia, talk about how preppers prepare for disasters – and why a self-proclaimed zombie expert puts extra emphasis on neighborliness. Host:…

  • YLE: Orpo's proposal on the push procedure at the eastern border down by the experts

    YLE: Orpo's proposal on the push procedure at the eastern border down by the experts

    YLE on Tuesday reported that the legal experts have rejected the idea he raised before the holidays, the so-called on the introduction of the push-back procedure at the border. Martti KoskenniemiThe professor emeritus of international law at the University of Helsinki stated to the public broadcasting company that the procedure would be explicitly against international…

  • Prison society

    Prison society

    There is an epidemic of shootings and gang violence in Sweden, and politicians are competing to come up with the best solution. The lowest hanging fruit, the thing that feels most logical, is to increase the punishment and greatly increase the number of prisoners in Swedish prisons. But do we know that it works in…

  • Don't get old – HR failure and the destruction of equality

    Don't get old – HR failure and the destruction of equality

    I don't like parties and avoid them like the plague as I haven't been to one of my graduation ceremonies. But the university's treatment of retirees is a sad indictment of the pursuit of equality at the expense of equality. On December 5, 2023, the university announced that 2024 is the year of cultural equality.…

  • Artificial Intelligence 2 – The Generative Revolution

    Artificial Intelligence 2 – The Generative Revolution

    Advanced generative AI is said to be the new technological revolution. As important as electricity some say. As dangerous as the atomic bomb according to others. Some claim that artificial general intelligence – as capable and smart as us humans – is here soon. Is it real or just hype? What can we use today's…

  • Nuclear disasters

    Nuclear disasters

    Just days after the invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces took over Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, Zaporizhzhya. Since then, the warnings have stood like sticks in the hill. Is Russia planning to set off a new nuclear disaster that threatens not only Ukraine, but all of Europe? P3 Dystopia unravels the consequences of the biggest…

  • Hackers

    Hackers

    How easy is it to hack a hospital or a water treatment plant today? Why do governments buy bugs for millions? Is it possible to protect against attacks? And how do you hack people? P3 Dystopia finds out all about sim swaps, 0-days, SQL injections and Donald Trump's passwords.

  • Independence and functionality shape the relationship with artificial intelligence

    Independence and functionality shape the relationship with artificial intelligence

    Researchers carried out two separate surveys to explore people’s attitudes towards technology. The first survey involved approximately 8,800 individuals aged 18 to 75 from six European countries: Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, and Poland. The study found that both positive and negative attitudes towards AI were linked to psychological basic needs. In particular, feelings of…

  • Important notice to the public in Borås municipality, Västra Götaland county

    Important notice to the public in Borås municipality, Västra Götaland county

    What makes Tinder dates feel so cool? How do men’s and women’s experiences on the apps differ? And how are our relationships affected when we have constant access to a library of singles on our phone? P3 Dystopia explores what has gone wrong with today’s dating culture.

  • The disinformation war

    The disinformation war

    Disinformation has been used as a weapon by state intelligence services for as long as possible, but with the Internet, the field has been opened up to more actors. In this episode, P3 Dystopia delves into the bizarre history of American “political warfare” and Russian “active measures”, into troll factories and modern election influence, but…

  • The wellness hysteria

    The wellness hysteria

    Humans have long strived to reach an optimal state of health, but we have probably never been more receptive to various dietary supplements, mindfulness exercises or ancient herbal medicines than now. In a stressful and performance-driven modern working life and in a media landscape with thousands of impressions a day, more and more people are…

  • We work ourselves to death

    We work ourselves to death

    Prolonged stress can cause several different diseases. Heart attacks and strokes, but also psychological ailments such as anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression, which in the worst case can lead to suicide. Long-term stress is a growing problem, and it is often connected with the increasingly intense modern working life. P3 Dystopia unravels why we have…

  • Voters everywhere made the world a safer place in 2022

    Voters everywhere made the world a safer place in 2022

    The election results in the year now ending give cause for hope for democracy, which Alan Austin reports. AUSTRALIA, Brazil, Malaysia and Colombia all voted in reformist governments this year, after years of corrupt conservative right-wing rule. Progressive governments returned with strong mandates in Portugal, Malta and Denmark. Women were elected national leaders for the…

  • Performance Preview: In this modern ‘misery’, the matriarch is the monster

    Performance Preview: In this modern ‘misery’, the matriarch is the monster

    Most novelists who cite dreams as their inspiration tend to call them ‘nightmares’ – but not Stephen King. In fact, the ‘dream’ that inspired his novel ‘Misery’ was even more horrific – the mad woman kills the author and uses his skin to bind a book. It wasn’t by chance that King had a ‘dream’…

  • Sports washing

    Sports washing

    History is full of examples of dictatorships that have used sport to try to clean up their reputation on the international stage. Nazi Germany’s Olympics in Berlin in 1936 and Argentina’s soccer World Cup in 1978 are two clear examples. Today, sportswashing is seen throughout the global sports industry. Several football teams all over the…

  • When the permafrost melts

    When the permafrost melts

    In the Northern Hemisphere, a quarter of the land is on permafrost; layer of soil that is frozen year-round. There, millennia of Earth’s history are hidden in the form of millions of tons of organic material, the remains of prehistoric animals and plants, which when it thaws are transformed into greenhouse gases that accelerate global…

  • Abortion – the battle for the womb

    Abortion – the battle for the womb

    No body part is more politicized than the womb. It is a moral, religious and ideological battlefield. The battle has been fairly dormant in many of the world’s democracies – until now. In several countries in Europe, the right to abortion has been restricted in recent years, and in 2022 Roe v Wade was repealed,…

  • Culture Round-Up: Disney+ is creeping up on Netflix’s shoulder, but neither can compete with YouTube

    Culture Round-Up: Disney+ is creeping up on Netflix’s shoulder, but neither can compete with YouTube

    The average TV viewer in Denmark streams over an hour of content every day, and the breakdown confirms the enormous popularity of the video sharing platform YouTube among most young people. They spend so much time on the platform that it’s enough to push YouTube, with an average of 20 minutes per person per day,…

  • The coming heat

    The coming heat

    Our emissions have warmed the earth to 1.2 degrees above normal temperature and we are on a steady course towards two, three and maybe four degrees. What happens when the thermostat is turned up? How much can the human body handle? Why can air conditioning be a death trap? And when does human civilization begin…

  • Danske Nyheder Round-Up: Successful deployment of defibrillator drone to Aalborg bodes well for the possibility of nationwide rollout

    Danske Nyheder Round-Up: Successful deployment of defibrillator drone to Aalborg bodes well for the possibility of nationwide rollout

    A drone with a defibrillator operated by the North Jutland Region was sent on Tuesday for the very first time after a man had had a heart attack in Aalborg. Just seven minutes after the emergency services were notified, the drone arrived at the site of the cardiac arrest. A successWhile an ambulance was even…

  • Roskilde 2022: A week’s waste and the work to stop it

    Roskilde 2022: A week’s waste and the work to stop it

    It’s a fine line between irony and hypocrisy, and with climate skeptics and deniers always ready to throw themselves out, it’s a line often followed by environmentalists to balance their ideals with reality of their own CO2 footprint. Roskilde Festival, the iconic Danish music festival, follows that line at an organizational level. Although the organizers…

  • The crisis of the cities

    The crisis of the cities

    Around half of the world’s population now lives in cities around the world and urbanization is moving fast – in just a few decades, that figure is expected to be up to 70%. But at the same time as this development is taking place, the economic centers of cities are becoming more and more expensive.…

  • Sanctions – The economic weapon

    Sanctions – The economic weapon

    With the risk of a third world war looming on the horizon, the Western world has chosen a different path than direct military intervention to punish Russia and stop the war in Ukraine – economic sanctions. But what do we really know about how well sanctions work to persuade authoritarian regimes to stop committing war…

  • Voice of Ukraine in Denmark: Alarm clocks no longer wake you up for school

    Voice of Ukraine in Denmark: Alarm clocks no longer wake you up for school

    As the world struggles to pay its undivided attention to Ukraine and its people, Putin’s attacks on European democracy continue. On March 16, I took a break from schoolwork to watch the speech given by President Zelensky in his address to the US Congress. When he finished his speech, a video was shown depicting the…

  • Voice of Ukraine in Denmark: Kiev in our thoughts

    Voice of Ukraine in Denmark: Kiev in our thoughts

    February 24 will forever be remembered by Ukrainians as the day when the Russian invasion began – the day when democracy and independence were once again in doubt. As a Ukrainian living in Denmark, I have often felt separated from my home country, the country my family comes from, but it is still the place…

  • Space colonies

    Space colonies

    A city of millions on Mars? Or thousands of huge settlements that orbit freely in space? Scenarios that were previously devoted to fictitious future versions are now becoming a reality – at least if one is to believe the world’s richest entrepreneurs. They say they want to ensure the survival of the human species before…

  • Culture Round-Up: Streaming services must pay extra tax in Denmark, but is it fair?

    Culture Round-Up: Streaming services must pay extra tax in Denmark, but is it fair?

    Media analyst Claus Bülow Christensen has commented on the government’s plans to levy an additional tax on streaming services, which was revealed in the content of their new media package (see separate story below). The tax (5 percent of their earnings in Denmark) will in theory help domestic film and TV producers produce content, but…

  • February Events: Hi ho!  We’re off to the Snow White Panto!

    February Events: Hi ho! We’re off to the Snow White Panto!

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 8.-13. Feb, Tue-Fri 7pm, Sat 1pm and 7pm, Sun 1pm; The library, Rentemestervej 76, Cph NV; 100-180kr; ctcircle.dk Copenhagen Theater Circle’s annual British panto is ‘Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs’. Expect audience participation, the normal range of madness and cross-dressing and music and comedy to suit the whole…

  • The power of memory

    The power of memory

    We humans really forget most of what we see and do in a lifetime. But conditions have changed as our lives have become increasingly digital. Today we leave behind massive amounts of data that form a detailed diary of our lives. A diary that is not controlled by ourselves but by private companies. P3 Dystopia…