Hi, I’m Annica, welcome to my blog!
I write about technology, power, and change, drawing on inspiring books, conversations with people doing interesting work, and my own experience in EU policy and advocacy. I’m particularly interested in how we can use technology to advance social justice and inclusion. If these topics resonate with you, I’d love to hear from you.
Read my latest blog posts:
I needed a therapist. I got a personal trainer instead.
Ten years ago, I realised that I needed a therapist. Instead, I got a personal trainer. It was the best decision I ever made. I built a workout habit despite having every legitimate excuse not to. Here’s what actually works – and it has nothing to do with loving fitness. At that time, I was…
AI and ethics: questions that define us
🤔 ´Cogito, ergo sum’ (I think, therefore I am), said by Descartes almost 400 years ago, suddenly seems very relevant when defining what makes us human in relation to AI. As bewildering as anthropomorphised AI assistance may seem, AI doesn’t think. It’s not human. AI generates systematic answers (and questions) based on the wealth of…
Growing #WomenInTech – from seed to tree
Clusity, founded in 2021 by Elke Kraemer and Rein Meirte, empowers women in tech through networking and support. Their initiative arose from a desire to enhance workplace inclusion for women. They aim to increase the number of women in tech in Belgium by 47,000 by 2030. Clusity emphasizes diverse representation and creating favorable environments for…
AI, the new digital divide
Since ChatGPT, DALL-E, Midjourney and other AI tools entered our homes, we have entertained ourselves with polishing our writing, generating new ideas or creating images. AI has had us both fascinated and frightened, captured and overwhelmed. Some say that AI poses a threat to humanity. Others claim it’s imminent: AI will extinguish humanity. I sat…
I’m writing, just not online.
I know, my latest blog post is from April 2022. I am still writing, just not online. Someone in the audience asked Hanya Yanagihara what she would have done differently when working on her first book A Little Life (that took many years to finish). She replied that she would have asked for professional feedback on her…
4 tips for interns and their supervisors
For many years, I have had the opportunity to supervise several ambitious young people during their internship in Brussels, in the field of European public affairs and communications. Showing them how to navigate the EU institutions, decipher Eurocrats and politicians jargon, and understand how to get your message across and through the EU bubble, has…
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