Erik Angner
@erikangner
Professor of Practical Philosophy, Stockholm University & Institute for Futures Studies. He/Him. Author of How Economics Can Save the World 🛟 a.co/d/0AZASJz Web: Opinions &c. my own. Agent: JP Marshall #Econsky #Philsky
I mean, people often misspell and mispronounce my name, but this is a first
Jag vet att det finns anklagelser om korruption, men att behandla de här tre som gängkriminella känns ändå orimligt
Funny little visitor in the yard today. It appears to be a Eurasian hoopoe (härfågel) which normally doesn’t live here
Local forest was full of ornithologists today, because of this guy: a great grey owl (strix nebulosa) chillaxing not far from our house. (Pls forgive the crappy iPhone picture.)
More than 100 years ago, three of my great-uncles, all brothers, founded a football team (Kalmar FF). Only now did it occur to me to take the kids see the team play. It was fun ⚽️
Can confirm @dieworkwear.bsky.social is right: a lightly woven wool suit is perfect in the heat. This one was made by Attolini in Naples and so was (unlike me) designed for 30° conditions ☀️
Took some time off from my time off to give a keynote address at the PPE Society meeting in London 🇬🇧 It’s such a pleasant and well-organized event: 10/10 would talk again 📷 Samuel De Canio
Ma’am have I forgotten to mention we got a puppy!? He’s Milo and he’s a *very* good boy 🐶
Our puppy is the opposite of Theseus, who used a ball of string to find his way out of the Minotaur’s labyrinth, in the sense that he’ll use any piece of string to get himself hopelessly trapped in a ball of it 🧶
Ten years ago today – on Independence Day 2016 – my wife and I left our beautiful home in Fairfax Station, VA 🇺🇸 and moved our family of five to Sweden 🇸🇪. The timing could not have been better. We all miss the States, but it was the right decision.
Reminder that trees offer shelter during heat waves. We should plant more. In my neighborhood, the City of Stockholm has planted more than 600 trees, of 37 species, each of which is mapped on this chart: www.norradjurgardsstaden2030.se/karta/gronst...
Huh: Ha-Joon Chang is accusing me of being a totalitarian – albeit a non-violent one: www.ejpe.org/journal/arti... Thanks, I guess 🤷♂️
"They have no novelty, no variety, nothing, in short, one would wish to see twice. I am the more astonished that so many thousands of grown men should be possessed again and again with a childish passion to look." Pliny the Younger was not impressed with your sportsball games #fifa2026
Egypt is beating Belgium. What did Belgium ever do to deserve this!? oh wait #fifa2026
Today would have been my father's 80th birthday. You don't ever get over the loss of a parent, do you – you just learn to live with it. Anyway, happy birthday, Dad 🎂🎉🥳
The biannual Swedish Congress of Philosophy starts tomorrow right here at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social with a kick-ass program! Hope to see some of you there #philsky www.su.se/english/divi...
You want investment advice from me?? Behold, the best investment I ever made. What's yours, #philsky?
”You can’t address labor market shortages in certain professions by means of migration,” says Swedish Minister of Migration. I wish being economically illiterate were as shameful as being a flat-earther or whatever. www.regeringen.se/pressmeddela...
If you’re on a city bus and see this screen, can you quickly determine where you are, where you’re headed, and where you’re coming from? I’m terribly confused every time.
Campus horses looked dead this morning, but it turned out they were simply enjoying the sun – like many of our students do ☀️
Jag upplever mer och mer att jag saknar ord för att beskriva politiken. Man måste gå tillbaks till det Peloponnesiska kriget för att finna makthavare med samma kombination av arrogans och inkompetens.