Two popes, two industrial revolutions — and one warning for Big AI
From Rerum Novarum to Magnifica Humanitas, Leo XIII and Leo XIV push for worker power, shared ownership, and tighter rules on who controls new tech.
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Why the economy forces boomers to work longer, then vilifies them for it
Aging Americans are shoring up the labor market and tax base as they delay retirement, even as critics attack an “old guard” for blocking younger workers’ ascent.
If Elon Musk merges SpaceX with Tesla he’ll create a $3.4 trillion behemoth—with zero profits
A SpaceX-Tesla union would mark by far the largest merger of all time.
The U.S. power grid isn’t one big machine — it’s three. That’s a problem for blackout season
America’s grid isn’t national — and that’s exactly why neighbors can’t always keep the lights on.
I worked with Steve Jobs at Apple, where every OS update killed startups. AI founders are about to face the same thing
Mill CEO and Nest co-founder Matt Rogers watched Apple render startups obsolete overnight. He says the same dynamic is playing out in AI — and the survival playbook looks familiar.
As part of her Citi turnaround, Jane Fraser cut management layers from 13 to 8. But the ‘great flattening’ doesn’t always work as intended
From Meta's 50-to-1 reporting ratios to Coinbase's latest layoffs, CEOs are racing to flatten their org charts. The results aren't always what they expect.
Conan O’Brien’s advice to Harvard grads is to forget Harvard as soon as they can
“Maybe my wish," O'Brien told the class of 2026, is that "Harvard become the least important thing people know about you.”
Girls Who Code CEO: 70% of teen girls want to work in cybersecurity. We’re losing them before they start
Closing the 4.7-million-person cybersecurity workforce gap starts with one underutilized asset: the girls who are already interested.
Astera Labs founders win the prestigious 2026 EY World Entrepreneur of the Year
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