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Ásta: Maybe. But we actually have good support in all age groups according to polls. Just that we are polling with around 40% support in the youngest age group, 18-29 years old. And it is true that it's a generation that's unlikely to go and vote. And I think that's concerning that young people are not showing up on election day.

Ásta: Hi Martin! Ancilla will be here on Friday I think! It'll be hell of a party ;) Everything is going very well - unbelievably. Much work, talking to all the people, and handing out too many brochures. I think some of the Swedish volunteers will try to stream the election night party so you can watch it unfold live!

Ásta: The Rental market in Iceland sucks. That's just how it is. We need a more formalized rental market, more long term rental agreements and we should try to make it affordable to rent. I am renting myself and you have to be an MP now days to afford rent! The rent is just absurd.

I agree with you on the industries, fish and tourism. And your question - do you think society has to run on money? No. Not necessarily. But we have to figure out how to measure worth somehow. Economics need to get away from religious beliefs of growth and profit and actually do some real math, not just fancy formulas to confuse politicians. The topic you're raising is the core problem of the future - and that's what we are trying to figure out. Hence, universal basic income ideas etc.

Ásta: On the Viking, that came up. On the IP law, it's complicated. We are working with Julia Reda Member of European Parliament on the IP issue. But the problem is that we are bound by treaties and respecting those treaties is actually necessary to be part of stuff like, the UN and stuff. No country is an island in a globalized world, not even Iceland which is really an Island. The problem is that IP law is so twisted and that's the reason why we were formed in the first place, to fix it. But as many other IP specialists (Lawrence Lessig) we are moving towards tackling corruption and digital rights, because this is all intertwined. Copyright reform was just the starting point, but from there we have grown and it's awesome!

Ásta: I will tell you at the time. I’ll keep you in suspense, OK?