health-society
Key Takeaways • Health data is becoming a prerequisite for access, not just a record of care. • Data inequality is emerging as the next major health inequality cause worldwide. • Not all “unmeasured” people are the same, and that distinction matters. • The future of healthcare depends on building a fair and trustworthy
health-society
Key Takeaways • Digital health systems promise choice but increasingly deliver curation. • Algorithms, insurance tiers and actuarial models shape care options long before patients see them. • These models can improve efficiency and access but can also create quiet forms of coercion. • Restoring real choice requires new forms of visibility into data,
health-society
Key Takeaways * Gamification can drive motivation — or dependency. * The same psychological levers that build healthy habits can also exploit them. * AI-powered gamification amplifies both potential and risk. * Ethical design requires transparency, purpose, and limits. The Game We Didn’t Know We Were Playing Step counts. Streaks. Badges. Leaderboards. Health apps
health-society
Key Takeaways * What we call personalization in digital health often masks predictive control. * The line between helpful nudges and behavioral manipulation is vanishingly thin. * Algorithms optimize for engagement, not autonomy, turning users into data-driven subjects. * True empowerment demands transparency, consent, and collaboration between users, clinicians, and AI systems. When Help
health-society
Key Takeaways * Health apps excel at keeping us clicking, not necessarily getting us healthier. * Engagement ≠ transformation: activity in an app rarely equals lasting behaviour change. * The real problem is misaligned incentives, products optimize for usage, not outcomes. * True digital health impact requires aligning design, data, and rewards with real change.
venezuela
Key Takeaways * María Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize elevates Venezuela’s crisis from regional drama to global confrontation. * The award legitimizes opposition politics and raises the risk of military escalation between the U.S. and Caracas. * The Nobel has turned moral prestige into a geopolitical weapon. A Nobel, Not
health-society
3 Key Takeaways * Supply chains are fragmenting and healthcare is no exception. * Energy, defense, and biotech are the new power plays. * Emerging markets aren’t collapsing, instead they’re repositioning. Geopolitics isn’t noise, it is the market Wars, sanctions, and shifting alliances redraw the global map of opportunity faster
politics-markets
Key Takeaways * Large diversified corporations risk losing strategic coherence amid competing lean business units. * Startups and spin-outs often benefit from focus, speed, and clearer capital allocation. * Fiduciary duties can delay structural change, even when such change may unlock long-term value. The Rise and Reassessment of the Conglomerate Model Conglomerates historically
technology-power
3 Takeaways * AI attracts record sums because it is fast, visible, and narratively simple. * Sectors with long timelines or complex science — animal health, deep tech, climate, infrastructure — fight for attention. * Mispriced capital slows progress in industries critical to resilience. Venture capital often markets itself as the engine of disruption. But
Power, without the noise. Clear, principled analysis of politics, economics, and society — cutting through spin to explain how power really works.
Key Takeaways * BRICS trade in local currencies is rising but reserves still sit in USD. * De-dollarization is less about economics, more about negotiation power. * The euro’s stagnation proves how hard it is to rival the dollar. The headlines scream “the end of dollar dominance.” The reality is quieter, but
Key Takeaways * Ishiba’s resignation exposes the LDP’s true nature: a party defined by factions, not policy. * Three blocs — old guard, reformists, hardliners — are battling for control. * The outcome will determine Japan’s regional role at a moment of geopolitical volatility. Ishiba Falls, the System Remains Prime Minister Shigeru
Key Takeaways * AI’s ceiling isn’t chips — it’s electricity. Fortune * Data-centre power demand is set to more than double this decade. IEA+1 * The U.S., EU, and China face diverging energy realities — and geopolitical consequences. U.S. Energy Information AdministrationReutersClimate Energy Finance The signal: energy, not code
3 Key Takeaways * U.S. warships off Venezuela target cartels, not Caracas—yet regional alliances amplify pressure. * In Mexico, cartel wars have turned into open political conflict in the Senate. * Global rivals frame U.S. deployments as imperial overstretch, but allies quietly back them. Intro The United States is not
3 Key Takeaways * Powell’s Jackson Hole speech showed markets price politics, not policy. * U.S. warships off Venezuela prove power moves oil, not earnings. * Numbers look neutral, but they mask struggles over leverage. Numbers Are Never Neutral Markets appear mathematical: indexes, charts, percentages. But behind the digits are choices
