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💀 What the media says we die from – and what we actually die from (terrorism overreported 18,000 times)
What we die from are heart disease and cancer. Which causes of death do you think top the news headlines?
🚛 How he is leading Volvo through its greatest transformation ever
He leads Sweden’s largest company, which has been selling trucks for nearly a hundred years. Soon, they’ll stop doing that — and instead sell transport as a service. How do you lead such a massive company through that kind of transformation?
🚛 The self-driving future is getting closer at Volvo
Volvo is facing its biggest shift since the company was founded. Instead of selling trucks, it now aims to sell transportation – with autonomous vehicles at the center of an entirely new ecosystem.
⚰️ The mass slaughter on our roads will come to an end
About when I became a pessimist – and why self-driving vehicles will save millions of lives.
📼 Technelegy
A new word, helping us cope with the sorrow for what has been lost, and look forward to what is to come.
👨🔬 The world’s greatest lifesavers
Here are the people who have the most human lives on their conscience.
🤦♂️ Embarrassing criticism of the Prime Minister’s AI use (but justified against the Deputy PM)
I read their criticism with the same mix of shame and amusement as when someone drunkenly grabs the karaoke mic and belts out off-key—yet with full confidence.
📚 The Angry Optimist's summer book tips
From a scolded monk to the story of The Godfather. A handful of book recommendations from me to you.
❌ We argue the wrong way when it comes to democracy
Human rights are not the most important purpose of democracy, according to a new survey. Therefore, we should change our arguments about why democracy is so important.