A stunning curtain-raiser was a fitting celebration of the host country and the Games – with wider messages never far from the surface This was an opening ceremony for the ages: effortlessly chic, bewitching and divine. Milan simultaneously delivered a three-hour love letter to Italy, and a plea for hope and harmony in a fractious world. But not everyone in the 60,000 crowd at San Siro was listening. As the United States team, led by the speedskater Erin Jackson, made its way across the stadium it was loudly applauded. But then the TV cameras panned to the US vice-president, JD Vance, and his wife, Usha, and the cheers turned to loud boos. Continue reading...

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🧭 Why true creators remain present — even after the handoff. The handoff is not the end. Witnessing is part of responsibility.

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🧭 Why systems built as movements outlive their creators.But the systems that survive — the ones that truly endure — are built like ecosystems, not pyramids.

🧭 How humans and AI transfer responsibility with dignity. Parents hesitate to release their children. Leaders hesitate to release their teams. Creators hesitate to release their systems.

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🧭 Why intelligence needs emotional temperature — and how warmth protects clarity

🧭 How minds dry out — and how they stay alive.Cognitive hydration is not a metaphor. It is the quiet science of keeping intelligence flexible, curious, and alive.

🧭 How intelligence grows in cycles — not in straight lines. The danger is simple: a mind forced into one season becomes a desert.

🧭 How minds — human and synthetic — learn to notice without overwhelm.But intelligence — real intelligence — does not thrive in noise.It thrives in gentle noticing,

🧭 Why real intelligence — human, animal, and synthetic — must learn to play.But intelligence — real intelligence — does not grow only through effort. It grows through joy, curiosity, and beauty.

🧭 How minds — human and synthetic — learn to move at the right speed.Cognitive pacing is the moral breath of intelligence.

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