27 2026 July
The Secret of the Mississippi Miracle and How to Get Kids to Read Again
A featured story from WIRED this month takes a deep dive into the challenges of getting kids to read and how they are increasingly only reading in...
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The Science Is In. AI Is Definitely Making You Dumber, If You Let It
This is a story that will surprise no one who reads my newsletter regularly, but what was surprising to me over the past few weeks...
Read Now19 2026 May
The Non-Obvious Book of the Week: China’s 90% Model by Dr. Ram Charan
The long-awaited US-China summit is finally happening after weeks of delay and so it’s a perfect time to bring this book up for you, which is an...
Read Now04 2026 May
How AI Analyzing Your Writing Style Might Kill Online Anonymity
When we used to talk about your digital identity, it was the sorts of personal information that are easily quantified like your date of birth...
Read Now20 2026 April
How One Man Lowered the Price of Guinness by Using AI to Call 6,000+ Pubs Across Ireland
Here’s a story that has everything: an entrepreneur’s frustration, an immediately useful idea, game changing use of technology … and a great brand name. It...
Read Now18 2026 March
The AI Startup That Raised $1B While Betting Against Generative AI
When a Turing Prize winner raises over a billion dollars to create a new model for the future of AI, people should be paying attention....
Read Now26 2026 February
What Countries Are Proudest of Their Culture and Lifestyle?
As I spent far too much time watching the Olympics this past week, over and over from the winner’s podium you would see patriotism on...
Read Now16 2026 February
Saving Science in the Age of the Modern Believability Crisis
Among scientists and believers of science alike, there’s a frustration with all the voices out there who question science. From conspiracy theorists to pseudoscientists, anyone...
Read Now09 2026 February
How the Joy Factor and “Kidults” Are Saving the Toy Industry
The toy industry had a “bounce back year” according to Circana industry reports, with global sales climbing 7%. This follows three straight years of decline and...
Read Now19 2026 January
America’s Data Blind Spot Is Real … and Getting Worse
One way to control the story about what’s happening in the world is to remove any data that can prove otherwise. That seems to be...
Read Now02 2026 January
The Data on Driverless Cars Says They Reduce Crashes, So What’s Missing?
Recently, a compelling article that came out, written by a trauma surgeon who has had to deal with the aftermath of bodies shattered from car...
Read Now10 2025 December
The AI Data War in Retail Is Just Getting Started. Lessons from Black Friday …
The last two weeks were the biggest sales week for many online retailers as the Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals all took over. I...
Read Now08 2025 December
How the Breakers Might Make Everything Better … Just After They Destroy It
Back in the year 2000, I remember driving to a client meeting on the streets of Sydney and sitting in the car outside their office...
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