WEEKLY SELECTION

The new era of net mortality will require major adaptation. A perilous new era for planet Earth. A caveat about the power of AI to destroy human kind from within. How will China’s ‘anaconda’ in Taiwan play out in the long term? Some guidance for the path ‘beyond religion’. [...]

Why the green transition risks being held hostage to geo-economic security. But why tariffs don't make economic sense either. Why a 'strategic vacuum’ hovering between two world orders makes halting war in the Middle East so difficult. Why the technology has made finding Mrs or Mr right harder than ever. Why grasping the science of life is no easy matter. [...]

A new trilemma dogging the world economy. What democratic governments must do to resist and reverse the political inroads of big tech. A detailed portrait of Giorgia Meloni. Revelations about Total Energies’ dealings in Mozambique pose far-reaching questions relating to human rights and security. Inflammation has the capacity to help us heal but it can also do much harm. [...]

Democracy and our very capacity to communicate are under threat from a new generation of bots. A perspective from which population decline is a good thing. Political uncertainty risks costing France its status as a core EU asset. Three tips to win an argument. What makes a memory real? [...]

Population decline counts economically, and needs to be taken into account. Keynes' organic theory of society helps explain the enduring appeal of live performances. The exorbitant costs related to ports becoming pawns of geopolitics. What the future holds for today’s new borns. We can work on, even ‘work out’ our drive to seek positive emotions and the happiness that comes with them. [...]

If everything is a national security issue, nothing is a national security priority. Economic analysis might be better if underpinned by complexity theory rather than the search for equilibrium. Smart phones replacing smart parenting. Ageing spikes at 44 and 60 worth knowing about. Why today fascination with and affiliation to the Faustian tale is stronger than ever. [...]

Chinese economy stuck in a quagmire of overcapacity. Global food supplies on the point of radical transformation. The reasons behind pronatalism. Beware ‘moral fading’. Perfumes for dogs don’t smell good. [...]

A class of politically powerful ‘giant’ companies, not ‘big’ government, is quashing ‘animal spirits'. Political violence on the rise. The ‘secrets' of living longer are relatively simple and not secret, they're not big business either. But there are leading roles for AI and friends. [...]

Rising inequality - a danger to democracy. Vance as VP will implement the MAGA project 2025 to the letter. How China is remodelling itself as a tech, green giant. Open AI coming close to being able to reason like us. A list to indulge in - 100 best books of the 21st Century. [...]