Causes

Here are some causes I care about:

Basic Income

• Give everyone a basic salary so they have a safety net, and can follow their passion.

Bicycle infrastructure (and public transport)

• Give people the opportunity to not having to own a car, but still travel fast and securely.

Online democracy

• Be able to vote on some issues online, not all, since online voting will never be 100% secure.

• Examples:

  • The Icelandic Pirate Party made its own voting system. See Github
  • Decidim - Open source participatory democracy for cities and organizations.

Shorter working week

• We have not in our lifetime seen so much progress in efficiency (Internet, Robots, AI, Machine Learning), still the work week has not changed in many years (depending on country).
• 1971 - Iceland, law on a 40 hour work week was set, and still stands today.
• German union fights for 28 hour work week

Sustainable living

I try to:

• travel using my own energy (walking or cycling)
• buy items without packaging. - Who needs a banana wrapped in plastic?
• buy items created closeby, not on the other side of the world
• reduce meat consumption
• eat seasonal food

Recycling

• EU declares war on plastic before 2030

Simpler tax system

• Do you know a person who can accurately do their taxes?

Free education

• In Denmark, students get paid to go to school for ~4 years

Free healthcare

• In Denmark, healthcare is free.