AI Adds Capacity. People Don’t Scale the Same Way: Lessons on Sustainable Operations Author: Ellenit Serrano AI has become the stated reason for a new wave of restructuring. In May 2026, AI was the most-cited reason for US job cuts, behind about 40% of them. Most of the conversation centers on which roles will change, and how fast. Far less attention goes to a simpler…
Aging Well Across Countries: Global Perspectives on What Matters Most Older adults across very different countries shared remarkably similar priorities for Aging Well, although the relative importance of those priorities varied across social, cultural, and economic contexts. In this international study of adults aged 50 and older in Costa Rica, Denmark, Japan, Nigeria, and the United States, respondents described Aging Well as multidimensional and shaped…
Exercise Can Keep Cancer in Remission. Why Is No One Talking About It?–The New York Times There’s mounting evidence that exercise programs can significantly improve cancer outcomes. Last year, a landmark randomized controlled trial showed that colon cancer patients who participated in an exercise program with a trainer over three years were less likely to see their cancers come back and had a significantly…
Intensive Breathwork Really Does Induce an Altered State of Consciousness High ventilation breathwork (circular breathing) is continuous, uninterrupted breathing, without the pause between exhaling and inhaling. It’s increasingly used in therapeutic contexts and is reported to induce altered states of consciousness, including experiences people associate with psychedelics: perceptual alterations, emotional release, ego dissolution, and a sense of unity. A small 2026 study from the University of…
Mental Health: UK Review Suggests Social Prescribing of Wellness for Young People By Thierry Malleret, economist In the UK, a new government review about the rapid rise in diagnosis of common mental health conditions like anxiety and depression and other conditions such as ADHD and autism I young people just concluded that private psychiatry companies routinely misdiagnose ADHD in children and must therefore face tighter…
Why We Need to Take Men’s Health More Seriously The latest suicide statistics from the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) released last week make for deeply troubling reading. In England and Wales, men aged 50–54 recorded a suicide rate of 28 deaths per 100,000 in 2025, the highest rate for this age group since records began in 1981. The rate rose from 27.3 in…
