The Karma Law strikes again. People who automated consumption is now being consumed by automation.
Kenneth Mikkelsen
@kenmikkelsen.bsky.social
Leadership Philosopher-Practitioner l Existential Coach of Leaders l Global Speaker l Author of The Neo-Generalist and upcoming The Essential (2026) Quality posts on philosophy, psychology, sociology, leadership, history, learning, books and art.
Today, in the world of Harvard Business Review, LinkedIn gurus, and power-hungry politicians, truth is no longer something pursued — it is packaged, monetised, and sold. Three steps to clarity. Five skills of high performers. Seven ways to lead through uncertainty. How to close the deal - and win!
Leadership Without Truth: What Camus Saw and HBR Never Understood
In 1946, Albert Camus was invited to give a series of lectures in North America.
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On the smallness of old men obsessed with power.
A play: The Theater of Leadership Development Leadership is not a performance. This piece rips off the mask. Seven acts. No buzzwords. Just truth, care—and a quiet rebellion. open.substack.com/pub/houseofb...
A piece, a play, a poetic slam: Something is about to unfold. Not on a stage, but in a mirror. Seven acts. A lens, slowly turned. Not a manifesto. Not a toolkit. A philosophical unmasking of the leadership industry—its myths, its performances, its polished evasions.
The Theater of Leadership Development
By Kenneth Mikkelsen
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Excellent journalism on the war in Ukraine. Adam Entous conducted more than 300 interviews over more than a year with government, military and intelligence officials in Ukraine, the United States, Britain, Germany, Poland, Belgium, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Turkey. This is a LONGREAD.
The Secret History of the War in Ukraine
This is the untold story of America’s hidden role in Ukrainian military operations against Russia’s invading armies.
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No child dreams of becoming an accountant, an insurance salesman, or a CEO. Children dream of courage and beauty, justice and goodness. It is not until later they end up in a box on LinkedIn.
In 1958, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's novel ‘The Leopard’ was published. The central idea is captured in the famous quote: "If we want things to stay as they are, they must change." How would a poem in Lampedusa’s spirit sound today?
The Situation, March 3, 2025 Stop defaming Neville Chamberlain by comparing Trump to him: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
Anyone concerned with current world affairs should watch the documentary “The Trouble with Being Human These Days” with Zygmunt Bauman(1925–2017). Link to the documentary: vimeo.com/154973102 (paid access). The collage is homemade. Photo credit: Samuel Sánchez for El País.
An oasis in the known universe needs to be looked after with care. Join us if you agree that we need to get better at this. youtu.be/h7SwEGryo-M?...
EXISTENTIAL MOVEMENT : BRINGING WISDOM TO A TURBULENT WORLD
YouTube video by ExistentialMovement
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Bloody marvellous … one of the best novels I’ve read in a while.
AI models invites leaders and managers across the organisation to ensure philosophy is deliberately embedded within the development and execution of AI strategies,” states this new article from @mitsloan.bsky.social. True, but let’s not make philosophy the bitch of business.
Philosophy Eats AI
AI’s ability to create value rests on the philosophy determining how and what it learns.
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The one with historical experience knows that hubris always goes hand in hand with nemesis. The regulator of arrogance is justice. At all times, they struggle to restore balance. If you despair over the state of the world right now, know this.
Who would have guessed that driving a Tesla is now like driving a Beetle in 1939 Germany?
Ai, ai, ouch. Foul whisperings are abroad: unnatural deeds. Do breed unnatural troubles: infected minds To their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets… — Macbeth As always a delight to read Alan Lightman.
When the Unnatural Becomes Natural
Artificial intelligence will redefine some of our deepest assumptions about the makeup of the world around us.
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Empowering Affected Interests by Archon Fung and Sean W. D. Gray. This book reimagines the democratic project for a globalised world in which states can no longer satisfy democratic ambitions. Free PDF download.⬇️ cup.org/4bttpKW
Empowering Affected Interests
Cambridge Core - Political Philosophy - Empowering Affected Interests
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“Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder,” said Socrates. But if AI accelerates our access to answers, do we risk diminishing the messy, frustrating, but essential process of grappling with uncertainty? www-psychologytoday-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.psyc...
The Death of "I Don't Know"
As AI serves up certainty like fast food, we're becoming intellectually obese—too full of answers to hunger for deep understanding.
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“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” – George Orwell, 1984
There you have it. A display of Nordic leadership in the face of 🎺’s aggression towards Greenland. Imagine this taking place anywhere else in the world.
