WSJ: “When it comes to nutrition, science is converging on the following recommendations for longevity and health: a diet rich in vegetables, whole grains, nuts and plant-based unsaturated fats, moderate fruit and fish consumption, low red- and processed-meat consumption, and very low ultraprocessed foods and added sugars. While protein consumption gets a lot of attention, research suggests a low but sufficient daily intake of 0.37 gram per pound of body weight, or about 60 grams for a 150-pound person, of which at least 50% is plant-derived, is ideal.”
Paul Kedrosky: “Job loss in the United States is more threatening than anywhere else in the wealthy world. It turns what should be a setback into a potential cascade — income, insurance, mortgage and child care, all at risk at once. Meanwhile, A.I. chief executives won’t stop telling Americans A.I. is coming for them. The technology is a missile aimed at the most fragile part of the American socioeconomic bargain. No wonder Americans are pessimistic about A.I. While better messaging will not fix this, decoupling health care from employment might. Building an unemployment insurance system that replaces income at a meaningful level might. Americans’ pessimism about A.I. is largely rational, about a technology tailor-made to crack their crumbling and antiquated social compact.”
FT: “[China’s] working-age population aged 15 to 64, which peaked at 1bn in the last decade, is due to fall to just 300mn by 2100, according to UN figures — a decline that could prevent China from becoming the world’s biggest economy. Beijing now sees AI-enabled machines as a way out of the demographic trap. Last year the country installed more industrial robots than the rest of the world put together; it also makes most of the world’s humanoids.”
WSJ: “Three questions confront American capitalism at this crossroads, the resolution of which will shape the lives of future generations. Will America deliver economic opportunity to more of its people—or will the gap between the extraordinarily successful and struggling widen? Will America continue building walls to the world—or will it build new bridges? And will America strike the right balance between competition’s creative destruction and the government’s regulatory guard rails—or will it tilt too far in one direction or the other?”
