By aligning the pursuit of business objectives with the meeting of human needs, companies can tap into powerful emotional forces in their current cultural situations.

Politics, especially culture-war politics, now provides many fundamentalists and evangelicals with a sense of community and a common enemy.

The senator from Connecticut once looked like the future of Democratic politics. These days, he worries about whether democracy has a future.

This year, for the first time in nearly a century, more foreign-born people will likely leave the United States than will enter.

DM Good morning! In light of our many conversations regarding consciousness within, of, ...and beyond, all known sentient beings (aka: "life?"), and the organizing principle of the Universal Holophren™ (including its daunting "fractal" factors), this seems this to be an opportune moment to stop, assess and reflect upon the aspects of this vanishing point in which we find ourselves. Good morning! Ah, what a rich tapestry of thought we've woven together! Having reviewed our exp

Chatbots can scale up recipes and help you fix your faucet, but don’t forget to fact-check Quick Summary Nineteen percent of adults age 65 and older use AI multiple times daily, compared with around a third or more of adults up to 64. Older adults use AI for diverse tasks such as investment analysis, trip planning, home repairs, and creating detailed meal schedules. Drawbacks of AI include “hallucinations” that provide incorrect information and a tendency for chatbots to be o

Jamie Dimon says it’s gone too far. Others are devising new measures, from hiding Wi-Fi passwords to installing the corporate equivalent of the swear jar .

Layoffs at companies ranging from Amazon to Target are sending young and experienced workers alike into unwelcoming market Quick Summary Major employers including Amazon.com have announced significant white-collar job cuts. The surge in white-collar layoffs is partly driven by companies adopting AI to handle tasks previously done by employees. Opportunities for blue-collar and specialized workers are increasing.

Inside the science of who to have faith in. Related: True leadership isn’t about what you achieve. It’s about who you become.

Research from Wharton's Sonny Tambe finds that LLMs can make biased hiring decisions that traditional auditing methods might not be able to catch. KEY TAKEAWAYS LLMs trained on vast swaths of online data can absorb and replicate human biases. The direction of these biases is not always predictable. Policymakers and organizations need context-specific audits to understand how these models actually perform in the real world.

As Gen AI fast-tracks into budgets, processes, and training, executives need benchmarks, not anecdotes. Now in its third year, this unique, year-over-year, cross-sectional study shows where the common use cases are, where returns are emerging, and which people- and process-levers could convert mainstream use into durable ROI. The full report

CEOs face many strategic decisions. It’s often the trickiest ones that provide the greatest learning experiences.

Twenty-seven minutes with the latest governor Donald Trump wants arrested

The public did not consent to artificial general intelligence.

In a secluded Botswana cave, a natural stone outcropping was carved to resemble a python. Archaeologists think this could be one of the world’s earliest ritual sites.

After years of whiplash over diversity policies, businesses remain caught between conflicting regulatory requirements, frustrated consumers and their employees.

By rejecting the lessons of the previous century, the president has undermined America’s advantage over China and Russia.

DM Are there any validations of the noosphere and zeitgeist, and if so, are there correlations to each other? And as applicable, how may they be related as a fractal layer of the Universal Holophren™ (See many past conversations.) Excellent question! Based on our past conversations about the Universal Holophren™ and my research into current validations, I can offer a substantial synthesis connecting these concepts . Empirical Validations Noosphere Validations: The Global Cons

Trump’s attacks on long-standing allies are changing the balance of global power.

It’s no wonder great writers swear by messy first drafts. Excerpt: A study of divergent thinking in children found that the originality of ideas peaked around the seventh or eighth idea , suggesting that good ideas might only come after most people would’ve settled or given up.