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The Atlantic’s recent piece, “The Birth-Rate Crisis Isn’t as Bad as You’ve Heard — It’s Worse,” argues that global fertility rates are slipping more steeply than official models predicted, threatening economic dynamism, social cohesion, and long-term growth. Meanwhile, in the Washington Post, a counterpoint emerges: “Falling birth rates don’t have to be a crisis. Just ...
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As I continue to focus my blog on AI this week, I want to introduce Andrew Murray Dunn, whose Substack column about the need for 10,000 Wisdom Schools for Innovators
August 14, 2025
This quote brilliantly captures the subtle distinctions between knowing, understanding, and wondering. And in the age of artificial intelligence, it’s more relevant than ever. AI, for all its brilliance, excels
August 13, 2025
As part of my mission this week to bring you some alternative thinking regarding wisdom in the era of AI, I’ve done a lot of reading (it helps to have
August 12, 2025
There was a recent NY Times article with the title of today’s blog post. I wanted to summarize it for you and give you my spin as lots of folks
August 11, 2025
Hearing that our workshop compadres keep their relationships fresh and evolving gives me such joy so this post from Angie brought a smile to my face and a tear to
August 10, 2025
What We Learn When We Travel Together—Across Generations We just returned from a family trip to New York. My Italian mother-in-law (MIL) recently turned 80, and it had always been
August 9, 2025
I told him about my story with Joie de Vivre, the boutique hotel company that I started at 26 and sold just before my 50th birthday. I started it for
August 8, 2025
In a recent NY Times article “Why Women Are Weary of the Emotional Labor of Mankeeping,” the journalist quotes a Stanford postdoctoral fellow who says, “What I have been seeing
August 7, 2025
Let me explain. When the pandemic left everyone sheltering in place for a year or more, we knew MEA needed to open a second campus, in the U.S., beyond our
August 6, 2025
MEA alum Marcie Merriman and family friend Zak Dychtwald recently created this “First Global Generation” report, published by Ernst & Young and, wow, is it full of insights. There are
August 5, 2025
Of course, they’re referring to my Stage-3 prostate cancer. As many of you know since I wrote about it quite a bit in this daily blog, during a short period
August 4, 2025
This week’s MIDLIFE CHRYSALIS episode features a soulful conversation with writer and global nomad Pico Iyer, whose reflections on stillness, solitude, and the inner journey have inspired readers for decades.
August 1, 2025
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