NYTimes: “What if there were a single metric that could capture every aspect of your health — how strong you are, how clear your vision is, how sharply you think? That’s the goal of intrinsic capacity, a holistic measure of what someone’s body and mind are capable of…Intrinsic capacity was formally defined in 2015 by the World Health Organization as part of its healthy aging initiative, which in part aims to move doctors and scientists away from focusing on disease and toward maximizing and maintaining older adults’ functional abilities. Experts derive someone’s intrinsic capacity score from their performance on five “subdomains”: cognition, locomotion (strength and mobility), sensory capacity (vision and hearing), psychological well-being and vitality (overall energy levels and resilience to physical stressors).”
FT: “The vast majority of the world’s installed non-humanoid robots are more functional in design and mostly perform single operations, making them a lot less videogenic. These robots do some of the dull, dirty, delicate and dangerous work that humans no longer want to do. They can assemble cars, fetch items in warehouses and perform routine surgery. The world’s militaries are also rushing to deploy drones at massive scale given their devastating use in the Russia-Ukraine war. These are the areas where most robots are currently used and where most money is probably to be made.”
Angela Duckworth: “Being a successful self-starter doesn’t mean pulling yourself up by your bootstraps. It’s raising your hand and asking a teacher to explain, once again, a concept you still don’t understand. It’s calling up a former boss for advice. It’s announcing to your team that you’re stuck on an important problem and need their collective brain to solve it. It’s not just stoically making the best of a bad situation — it’s proactively making your situation more supportive. Don’t assume you’re being a burden when you reach out asking for help. Research shows we consistently underestimate how happy it makes others to lend a hand. Do it yourself” is no way to live.”
Mark McNeilly: “In the Information Age, you won by building new organizations that took advantage of the explosion of information. However, every technological revolution also changes what is scarce. In the Information Age, the Internet made information plentiful but made attention and interpretation scarce, and thus more valuable. In the Action Age, those who win will be building organizations that capitalize on the abundance of intelligence and action. In this era, with the profusion of intelligence and the ability to act on it, there will be a premium on goals, outcomes, judgement, creativity, and determining what to do.” [via Arnold Kling]
WSJ: “Traders are spending more time and money betting on sports, elections and the Federal Reserve’s rate decisions.”
