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  • Chris Murphy encourages U.S. to wake up

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

  • U.S. Impending Population Collapse

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

  • Afraid to Try AI? These Tech-Savvy Seniors Will Change Your Mind

    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 overly complimentary.

  • CEOs Are Furious About Employees Texting in Meetings

    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 .

  • Tens of Thousands of White-Collar Jobs Are Disappearing as AI Starts to Bite

    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.

  • Why some are more trusted than others

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

  • How to Detect Bias in Large Language Models

    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.

  • Accountable Acceleration: Gen AI Fast-Tracks Into the Enterprise

    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

  • CEO Moments of Truth

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

  • J. B. Pritzker’s Dark Visions

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

  • AI companies are trying to build god. Shouldn’t they get our permission first?

    The public did not consent to artificial general intelligence.

  • One of Humanity’s Earliest Ritual Sites?

    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.

One  objective:
facilitating  those,
who are so motivated,
to enjoy the benefits of becoming  humble polymaths.   

“The universe
is full of magical things
patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”


—Eden Phillpotts

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The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries.

Nikola Tesla

“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.”

Vincent Van Gogh

" The unexamined life is not worth living."  

Attributed to Socrates​

“Who knows whether in a couple of centuries

there may not exist universities for restoring the old ignorance?”

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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