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Hi, and welcome to my corner of the web.

Originally this site is more of a backstage area, so I’m pleasantly surprised you’re here! While you’re around, why not check out some of my projects?

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While I’m not very active on social media, you’re welcome to connect with me on LinkedIn

I do maintain a blog with the intention of writing about what it is really like to work as a consultant across countries and cultures. The idea is to share lessons learned in the field, useful tools I have picked up along the way, and honest reflections on navigating complex systems with purpose and humility. If you care about doing decent work in tough places, you’re in the right place.

Latest posts

  • Pen and ink illustration of an apple with a bite taken out, alongside the text: The Hypocrisy Problem — Apple controls everything. Except the people who make it.
    Apple and its Values
    by Gaute Gulliksen
    Apple presents itself as progressive, ethical, and human-centered. But a company capable of controlling the smallest details of product design and which software you are allowed to install clearly possesses significant leverage over the conditions under which its products are made. They choose total control over the software, but limited responsibility for the people who make it.
  • A minimalist promotional banner split vertically with cream and orange backgrounds. On the left, dark gray serif text reads "A light PDF Reader. No accounts. No tracking." Below, the top half of a laptop screen displays an architectural building photograph. Dried yellow flowers flank the sides.
    Introducing the Work PDF Reader
    by Gaute Gulliksen
    A lightweight PDF reader that runs entirely in your browser, designed for quick and distraction-free document viewing. Open files instantly without uploads, accounts, or tracking. Everything stays on your device, making it a simple and private way to read contracts, reports, and other documents when you just need them to open and work.
  • An abstract watercolor map of Zimbabwe in earthy green and ochre tones, featuring a misty, translucent silhouette of an elephant in the bottom right and handwritten text in the top left corner.
    The Weight of Invisible Things
    by Gaute Gulliksen
    In 1990, crossing back into Zimbabwe after Mozambique, I was twenty-two and moving through a world I did not fully understand. What followed was a lesson in who gets counted, a conversation with a stranger whose reasons I never learned, and a night on the Zambezi when a full-grown elephant passed within ten meters in complete silence. Some images never fade, no matter how many years pass.
  • A top-down view of a vintage-style 'Service Contract' document on textured paper. Two metal skeleton keys are laid across the center of the page. Large, dark grey text overlaid on the image reads 'Renting My Own Life.' In the bottom right corner, smaller text reads 'I am a platform’s revenue source.
    Renting My Own Life
    by Gaute Gulliksen
    I used to buy music. Once I paid, it was mine. Now I rent access to songs, software, and even parts of my own time. Somewhere along the way, ownership turned into permission, and convenience turned into obligation.
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Latest from Bethics.com

  • The PDF That Called Home

    What should be a simple local action became something else. Opening a PDF revealed that my software was communicating with its manufacturer during what appeared to be a purely local task. The experience prompted a broader reflection on digital sovereignty, user consent, and the growing distance between people and the…

  • WhatsApp Incognito

    Meta has embedded an AI assistant into one of the world's most trusted messaging platforms — and connected it to a commercial ecosystem built around data collection. WhatsApp Incognito Chat may be technically sophisticated. But the business model stays the same.

  • The Machine’s Mirror

    Most people look at AI as a better calculator. I don't see it that way. The logic behind these models makes a quiet philosophical claim: that human expression is nothing more than a set of regularities, a history that can be fully exhausted by math. What gets left out is…

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