WSJ: “Many people assume that restarting a heart takes an electrical charge, perhaps through the pads of a defibrillator. In fact, it requires only one thing: blood. As Mary Roach tells us in “Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy,” within a minute of being refilled with blood “the heart is chugging” on its own, “hanging from the rig by its aorta, beating for no one.” Even heart cells grown in a petri dish will begin to beat—separately, but in unison. Millions of years of evolution have given us an organ so purpose-built for its job that it is almost more difficult to stop a heart than it is to start one. Which raises a question Ms. Roach explores in “Replaceable You”: Can we ever really replace what nature gave us? In seeking to find an answer, she takes us on an incredible journey of discovery, humor, awe and inspiration.”
SaaStr: “Now as AI agents have arrived, and suddenly we’re dealing with something entirely different: workers who operate 24/7/365 without breaks, vacations, or sleep. Your AI agents don’t just work 996. They work 996++. They’re processing data at 3 AM. They’re optimizing campaigns on weekends. They’re analyzing customer feedback during your family dinner. They never stop, never tire, never ask for time off. This isn’t a feature—it’s your biggest operational challenge.”
WSJ: “To some, [Adam] Smith is a critic of centralized power, a skeptic of top-down expertise and a theorist who saw a burgeoning market society rooted in virtue and individual moral responsibility. To others, Smith is a defender of moral equality, a critic of concentrated wealth and a champion of public institutions used to restrain private power. What makes Smith continually relevant is his power to illuminate the tensions at the heart of modern capitalism: the liberating potential of economic growth, the risks of concentrated wealth, the relationship between markets and morality. That we continue to read and debate his ideas today is a reminder that these questions are as unsettled now as they were 250 years ago.”
FT on dictionaries: “Amid the unstoppable shift online, these printed treasuries offer multiple pleasures — and freedom from the endless scroll.”
