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Signal of the Week: $250M (opens the original)
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When Walker County, Georgia realized a moratorium on data centers wasn't legally viable, they did something unexpected: they invited residents to write the rules instead.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="819" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VErY
Signal of the Week: The Little Boy (opens the original)
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El Ninõ - unusually warm ocean temperatures in the Pacific - occurs every 2-7 years and affects climates around the world. Europe experienced its hottest summer on record in 2026, and El Ninõ’s effects are expected to extend into 2027. What does this mean for you and me? The secondary effects are mostly financial. Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan warn that global food commodities could experience double-digit inflationIncreased flooding risks, severe storms, and atmospheric rivers in California and so
The 200-Year Present: The Foresight Tool Elise Boulding Invented | Futures Friday with Rebecca Ryan (opens the original)
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Elise Boulding died in 2010 at 90, having invented two techniques Rebecca uses constantly — and never knew were hers. The first is the “200-year present”: the span between the birth year of the oldest person you remember and the death year of the youngest person you’ll ever meet. In 2026, this expands to roughly 250 years, and you (you, right now, reading this) are one handshake from each end of it!The second technique Boulding invented is the imagining workshop, which NGC runs with nearly every
Signal of the Week: 1 in 4 (opens the original)
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Did you have a job during college to help cover tuition? I did. I worked in the rec center and I’ll never forget it - on my first day, I had to clean up after someone who’d retched during a lunchtime pickup basketball game. {Blech}Some things never change: today’s college students are also working to cover tuition. But their side hustles are different and, in some cases, risky.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!veQB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_p
Is the AI Boom Already Over, or Just Getting Started? | Futures Friday with Rebecca Ryan (opens the original)
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The short answerThe AI boom isn’t over, but the version most people are familiar with — the big, branded, consumer chatbots like Chat and Claude — are showing cracks. Only 5% of ChatGPT users pay. Uber burned through its annual AI budget in four months. Meanwhile, AI is embedding itself into appointment scheduling, your local grocery store’s produce sections, and tax prep. The real question isn’t “Do I invest in AI, or wait?” It’s thinking about how AI can make you more efficient or accurate, an
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