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WIRED

Psychologist Kim Bergman, senior partner at Growing Generations, debunks common surrogacy myths, emphasizing that ethical gestational surrogacy involves rigorous psychological screening (accepting only the top 1-2%), full informed consent, and legal safeguards that make it an empowering rather than exploitative experience for carriers and intended parents alike.

80,000 Hours Podcast (Rob Wiblin)

Rose Hadshar of Forethought explains how advanced AI could enable unprecedented power concentration not through dramatic coups, but via economic dominance and epistemic manipulation, allowing small groups to control millions of loyal AI workers while the general public loses political leverage.

a16z Podcast

Vishal Misra argues that large language models operate as compressed Bayesian inference engines—updating probability distributions through in-context learning—but remain fundamentally incapable of consciousness or novel discovery, meaning scale alone cannot achieve AGI.

New York Times Podcasts

Following the assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader, his son Mushtaba Hami was elevated to the position in a contentious succession battle that violated the 1979 revolution's anti-monarchy principles. His selection represents a victory for hardliners and the Revolutionary Guards who prioritized wartime continuity and defiance against the US and Israel over moderate calls for reform.

Reuters

Finnish President Alexander Stubb argues that Europe faces a geopolitical squeeze from aggressive Russia and a transactional US, requiring the EU to adopt 'flexible integration' mechanisms for faster decision-making and a pragmatic reset of UK-EU relations to maximize collective power.

Impact Theory

The financial system is undergoing a structural transformation paralleling the rise of high-frequency trading in the 1990s, as autonomous AI agents increasingly rely on blockchain-based 'Agentic Wallets' and crypto rails to transact outside traditional banking infrastructure, creating a narrow window of opportunity for early adopters.

The Verge

Paul Ford argues that AI coding tools like Claude Code represent a fundamental shift in software development, enabling anyone to build complex applications through natural language while simultaneously threatening the entry-level jobs that have historically provided economic mobility to the working class.

Stripe

Kalshi founders Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara recount their four-year battle to launch the first CFTC-regulated prediction market in the US, culminating in a lawsuit against their own regulator to offer election contracts, and why their 'permission-first' approach ultimately enabled $10+ billion monthly volumes.

Reuters

While the US dollar has remained dominant for half a century despite losing gold backing, historian Barry Eichengreen argues that digital payment innovations are now eroding the network effects that sustained its supremacy, pointing toward a fragmented, multicurrency future rather than a single successor.

The Knowledge Project (Shane Parrish)

Brookfield CEO Connor Teskey explains how the firm achieves superior risk-adjusted returns by investing in critical global infrastructure while eliminating market risk through contractual lock-ins, and shares leadership lessons from his rapid rise from private equity to CEO.

Reuters

UN fact-finding mission officials detailed investigations into alleged war crimes in Iran, including the Minab school attack and Israeli strike on Evin prison, while highlighting severe operational constraints from internet blackouts and denied access that hamper verification of ongoing violations.

The Prof G Pod (Scott Galloway)

As the US diverts military assets from Asia to the Middle East, China maintains strategic patience by avoiding military intervention in the Iran conflict while securing preferential oil access and protecting commercial investments, positioning Beijing to benefit from a post-war regional restructuring without bearing the costs of entanglement.