This week:
The future of search and chatbots looks a lot like our ancient past. Why do we keep making the same tools over and over again?
What We Can Do:
• ⚡️ Addiction is brutal. Help yourself or a loved one or someone you’ve never met with Shatterproof (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/I1vdo-7CUlzCAiV8jz_iiXseu_1O02YIZTkaoMiDHuzPaHuG3TRvw-2qGczUmoPU/3ts/swskyWnCSpSFJRl7Ers9LA/h13/ol_CbXB8870ilPP_5IVYXIc2TameUa2HaRrL5cewU_g).
• ⚡️ I’m so excited to share that my favorite event on Earth, “LA Loves Alex’s Lemonade Stand” (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/I1vdo-7CUlzCAiV8jz_iibJTmERf3cSDDXcuYOr1vGmGqoPJVU93WEmn264hvu-Awxx0todGFYE6nPgOz2Qcpvyx-dTvUbZ8q1Cp-iSErCo/3ts/swskyWnCSpSFJRl7Ers9LA/h14/B_orKRwLXDqBwInvbTe1UaYJDOKjcCG9s1xWHoXIi2Y) is finally back. Support pediatric cancer research and buy yourself some tickets to eat food from some of the greatest chefs on the planet.
• ⚡️ It’s a pretty pretty pretty good moment to read Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/wvPN6TD-oRu_rLBBWhxymp-zTYYbG-9mpe8w95NMSbE3sNpHeX5xePeAt9Z7ol4S3TJ143iOzAKpFc3IPlIyFw/3ts/swskyWnCSpSFJRl7Ers9LA/h15/quxh284M1pEOFljpLkWyM3Hmt5HTXPth0eBoq_DfXxg) and The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values. (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/wvPN6TD-oRu_rLBBWhxymp-zTYYbG-9mpe8w95NMSbElRWcWZWRxFSn1iU8xU6GzaqNA57bC0pLmr8sAP7CH5w/3ts/swskyWnCSpSFJRl7Ers9LA/h16/ygm6syWZcinZ33onpOjxJQINhP0v0PGN7aNdi5Y_5fw)
• ⚡️ Want to switch your retirement fund to one without fossil fuels? Check out Fossil Free Funds (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/h1_F8Wtc7lOEot2zuJ67r9EdzcoYTgETScTVF2vHcDGmRIHs77gA5rjFW2vnBvto/3ts/swskyWnCSpSFJRl7Ers9LA/h17/2On4Zmhu-deBnAUjhQ-n_CsbXpOC_qCCg5UiRMA_lVw) to find mutual funds and ETFs that qualify.
News Roundup
Health & Medicine
• It’s probably helpful to understand that half of all American hospitals (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/I1vdo-7CUlzCAiV8jz_iiUOQtX5EdwABBEnhPSA08cwFKMXxo2cXXppWIOa9CQy0sbf0v_zY9e9ERxokmscFOIwTrRiTCQafvoJQJiUdGQQqo5k63kqgP2a0pwTmz_coOwMLtCSB7S5kjStEvfphsA/3ts/swskyWnCSpSFJRl7Ers9LA/h22/0OzqAHlg9LAESQOA0buEzM7kigiTBMtaC3YgsnXF51s) are projected to be in the red this year
• American teenage girls are suffering (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/I1vdo-7CUlzCAiV8jz_iiXoqmQ7u28-t6eyMP0fr70YnkftVxZX8mI5q3W-aXhHFgm80KevY51My0_tkbKHAtNRY4nFQUjm4Z7YSeYk3gqQGhzu4HRXr-Ds_Fbxw5uB7KzQi4zVZSEQKY62TDB6EoQ/3ts/swskyWnCSpSFJRl7Ers9LA/h23/1UbE2v5xLm_ok14QScFhHsoz1V9X5diWWKt0i8c6Kt4) in a very real way. There are a million things we can do, here are a few ways to start to help (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/w3dYILNc3lH6MOK0tu1At7i16f3jLhYpmt6cBSSoeMrEf8ua5zx1rvlwEogUZ1ga8YzD3HFAF_mWlrJ8BjzOJA/3ts/swskyWnCSpSFJRl7Ers9LA/h24/s2t_dOJHjMQh-rNqCJGHHNf8i7vQFICvl5g1ik8m5r8)
• E-bikes incentives are SO POPULAR (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/I1vdo-7CUlzCAiV8jz_iiRoO4vtZ-04F6u_tIJM98uTqjOo2QwZGnuEzCp2SVeP-sifTTEos_Es8U3amZQKOLDGag1bTqg48aDx8qXM9xywvSCyxf0jgSuie2A8aucACQflnuOmpbr78f7iTsWlq8Q/3ts/swskyWnCSpSFJRl7Ers9LA/h25/7bSjPbmKxbbLE3ShFVA74brN0yen5JNtK3EC-1X5wes)
• Sure, we need to get toxic gas out of our homes, but also — why is asthma the way that it is? (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/1SvmiET6dGZoL65MPD6aOf9KHiSr4q4NvuIpwC-7egP0DWPyc1IB9uJrPszdsW9-FwvOXa4z4bR0ew4tdmPstROiWEoulSjxEheOyw6XlT7Dvd7EbRpSLrtJVyQOkt0w/3ts/swskyWnCSpSFJRl7Ers9LA/h26/9XqqvqHdWTSJpyIoPPtAjAxUfjapYKkdyRMC17QzBkw)
Climate
• This amazing new solar farm (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/NukW_9m6T9wghN1yKjQo6JwGu2Uu4DssIir1HeVF9X10tFgLKNOGLDIJSxMPVeypIv5f0XhFSy2aBCI6g19nqljYJVBB6nQznaWEWYlUHqANPliRcgpiSE3LlL6ENJtbBGx7JOGvBzECOW4tb13M1w/3ts/swskyWnCSpSFJRl7Ers9LA/h27/zFa1XnsAyd2v1NaRKrE4GXs5FIv6i3Mqm5QNzFKo8so) is also a prairie restoration project and a carbon sink, you’re welcome (also, let’s hear it for hedgerows! (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/NukW_9m6T9wghN1yKjQo6Eh-LvkqAOSf3eQg2T-QHUJIp6-Cs3HuUY4-tMGGArLICBDzvgqMep2gwwcVgJ4PiPtlR9p_3yPmEAxJCQtq9onO83WlDZoM3lPM8d3ClKIEXexhHC68nkhVwcXi4BUHQQ/3ts/swskyWnCSpSFJRl7Ers9LA/h28/5AdHc63WglDI4DfkJKXx1VDzxYyPRymaHuAW4CHl6Yk))
• Harvard voted (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/I1vdo-7CUlzCAiV8jz_iiaHl8m1MBdKo03Ulx9IkmlcOzaBckThXgkFk4vl61wGXpWnVnzTan6sQno7WclV5VPcj_t1jbitTI3d7F2YQDsu5Gn8oRdshvrRx8z4RVo0jSB4nWhs-z-fpi7Jn_1uOMek_BWgH2xwdPiBHwkzshhk/3ts/swskyWnCSpSFJRl7Ers9LA/h29/MYWwU8cVHc7pyWl-hFxQUQUQq1GE2RBGm8IlqyTvXMY) to build climate change into its medical school curriculum
Food & Water
• Sorghum is one of our oldest and most reliable grains (https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/NukW_9m6T9wghN1yKjQo6Eh-LvkqAOSf3eQg2T-QHUL1PNRBwTYJTaDeZ4p7w1pVHLyIYfvMGnr_gX4wsSJCHnLHsOY1R8jPWmQM82RLB2XjK0zS-YYi11s3Y27vKh13NDG7Fmb7fZ77Ka6ptFBwDPzmR_U-Hs3Np4WwO9ZGD3LzE9-m3wBWjEisPOXAq-wq/3ts/swskyWnCSpSFJRl7Ers9LA/h30/8d-q3cQnGSTuliqxsiPHEU_Zc233YdNY2k6yxtNKse0) and could be a stalwart in the age of climate change
• Can food be medicine, after all? (htt...
