Has been slightly turbulent times lately.

Reminds of what is important. People who are close. Thanks for all your messages and support. Good times are ahead of us.

In the times of “crisis”, you start to rethink what is important to you. Why do you do things?

I stopped by to think, why on earth am I in Slush and doing all this stuff? Found out a few reasons:

2014 Slush, after coming back to Finland from the previous China trip. The event with its super energy and sheer great people, such as Kalle Freese and the coffee team. And few talks with people such as Peter V. and Ilkka K. Especially Ilkka’s touching speech at the voluntary ceremony was unforgettable.

I was all in.

The rest has been dealt with here, but a lot of stuff has come afterwards. The biggest challenge with Slush, personally stayed the question, what it serves? 
There’s also a few other milestones: 2007, reading Pekka Himanen’s Suomalainen unelma, Finnish Dream analysis and manifesto on creativity as an intern in the hierarchic foreign ministry. Blew my mind. And btw whatever you say about Himanen, his lecture on Aalto Arts is still best and coolest held lecture I’ve witnessed ever.

And Esa Saarinen and his lectures.

Makes you thinking about innovation. The Helsinki school of Saarinen, Himanen, Hintikka, Von Wright… Suddenly went to Otaniemi. I remember my father talking about a super speech by Ilkka Niiniluoto in Helsinki uni 350 anniversary, Tiedon soihtu, Torch of knowledge. Where’s the torch now? Who holds it? Helsinki university? Aalto? Others…?

Aalto has become the most dynamic and creative university in Finland. And has most spirit. And The Helsinki School of Saarinen, Himanen and folks are suddenly there.

Where do we take our civilization in the present society? Is Slush the one that carries that forward? The corporate forces have drawn much of the forces from humanities in it. But what is the purpose, for what and for why? That’s a good question.

Sometimes it’s unclear to see what’s happening around. You have to step back to see things from the distance. That’s what I’ll probably do next.

Enough for one day….